The Blockade Runners

Jules Verne

2014年1月 · 「Simon and Schuster」から販売

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"The Blockade Runners" is a 1865 short story by Jules Verne. In 1871 it was published in single volume together with novel "A Floating City" as a part of the "Voyages Extraordinaires" series (The Extraordinary Voyages). An English translation was published in 1874.

著者について

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.