- 《Five Weeks in a Balloon》TXT全集
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书籍作者:Jules Verne
书籍类别:英文小说
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OR, JOURNEYS AND DISCOVERIES IN AFRICA BY THREE ENGLISHMEN. COMPILED IN FRENCH BY JULES VERNE, FROM THE ORIGINAL NOTES OF DR. FERGUSON. AND DONE INTO ENGLISH BY "WILLIAM LACKLAND."
PUBLISHERS' NOTE. "Five Weeks in a Balloon" is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearly the whole field of African discovery, and in this way will often serve to refresh the memory of the reader. The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious. The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful "travellers' tales" with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be considered extravagant;