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Five Weeks In a Balloon
Jules Verne
出版Lulu.com, 2014-01-05
主題Fiction / General
ISBN13047784799781304778475
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PnRbBgAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This is Jules Verne's novel both acting as a travelogue of a fantastic balloon trip across Africa, but also it is a skewering of other such books of the day that glamorized such dangerous travel. Often, wealthy and somewhat naive travelers lost their lives when faced with the realities of "a simple little trip through Africa."Verne's voyagers set out in a balloon powered by water that is somehow turned into hydrogen to fill the gas bag. It also allows them to turn it into a hot air balloon at one point to make an escape.The voyagers face both blasé as well as dangerous natives, needlessly kill animals and see many incredible sights.If read as the satire Verne supposedly meant it to be, this is an amusing look at what little brains and loads of money can do for you. If looked at as being a serious work, it is an intriguing study of crossing the "belt" region of the entire African continent.