The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne Essays

In which Philleas Fogg is portrayed with a monumental amount of confidence “ ' Twenty thousand pounds!' cried Sullivan. ' Twenty thousand pounds which you would lose by a single accidental delay!' ' The unforeseen does not exist.' quietly replied Philleas Fogg. ' But, Mr. Fogg, eighty days are only the estimate of the least possible time in which the journey can be made.' ' A well used minimum suffices for everything.'

in the water to the rescue of Aronnax after he falls off the steamer searching for the Nautilus. On the other hand, __Ned Land__ has one goal in mind throughout the book: escape. That said, he does not shy away from the opportunity for unique adventure, such as underwater shark hunting, nor does he deprive the Nautilius of his skills as a whaler and as a warrior against the animal threats to the

“Journey to the Center to The Earth”, a science fiction book written in the year of 1871 by a profound, well-known and an honored author known as Jules Verne. In the book, numerous places, environments and periods of time were utilized to create a clearer picture in the reader’s imagination. Such settings include his very house, Hamburg, Germany, Reykjavik, Iceland, Mount Sneffels, Mount Etna of Stromboli, Italy and, of course, as the title holds, the center of the earth. In Hamburg, the story starts

Nostalgia for the adventures of Sherlock Holmes recently appeared in a contemporary Russian version Sherlock Holmes (2013) directed by Andrey Kavun and starring Igor Petrenko as Sherlock Holmes and Andrei Panin as Dr. Watson. The film series, which consist of 16 episodes, features