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The Green Ray

Autor Jules Verne Traducere de Mary De Hauteville
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In order to escape her marriage with a boring scientist (Aristobulus Ursiclos), Helena Campbell requests her uncles, Sib and Sam, to postpone her wedding until she experiences the Green Ray for herself. Indeed, according to some Scottish legends, the Green Ray has elevating effects on the mind and soul, and allows these who see it to find their own true selves...
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ISBN-13: 9781508406044
ISBN-10: 1508406049
Pagini: 150
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: CREATESPACE

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When the "Morning Post" writes about the legendary Green Ray's elevating effects on the mind and soul, Helena Campbell vows to experience it for herself. Together with her uncles, Sam and Sib Melville, she sets off on what becomes a near-epic quest.

Notă biografică

Jules Verne was a world fame French author, considered as 'Father of Science Fiction'. He was born on 8 February 1828 in Nantes, France. His parents were Pierre Verne and Sophie Allotted de La Fuye. For studies he went to boarding school there he started writing short stories and poetry. His father was an attorney, so he sent Jules Paris, to study law but literature attracted him. He had passion for theatre and writing. He began his career as playwright. But after his marriage, for several years he worked as stock market broker. In 1862 Jules met publisher Pierre Jules Hetzel, it boomed his writing career. In 1963 Verne's novel Five Weeks in a Balloon, the series of a adventurous novel published and after that he never looked back. Jules had a rich account of literary work, with adventurous scientific novel, he had also written numerous plays, short stories, autobiographical account, poetry and artistic literary work. Although he died in 1905 his remarkable works published continually, even after his death. He is the second significant writer whose works has been translated continually. His most popular writing works are - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, From the Earth to the Moon etc.