Five Weeks in a Balloon: Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen

by Jules Verne

Credits: Jules Verne (author)

Summary

Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is the first novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a story line full of adventure and plot twists that keep the reader's interest through passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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Chapters (22)

  1. 1. Chapter 1
  2. 2. Chapter 2
  3. 3. Chapter 3
  4. 4. Chapter 4
  5. 5. Chapter 5
  6. 6. Chapter 6
  7. 7. Terrific Heat.—Hallucinations.—The Last Drops of Water.—Nights of Despair.—An Attempt at Suicide.—The Simoom.—The Oasis.—The Lion and Lioness
  8. 8. Chapter 8
  9. 9. Chapter 9
  10. 10. Chapter 10
  11. 11. Chapter 11
  12. 12. Conjectures.—Reestablishment of the Victoria’s Equilibrium.—Dr. Ferguson’s New Calculations.—Kennedy’s Hunt.—A Complete Exploration of Lake Tchad.—Tangalia.—The Return.—Lari
  13. 13. Chapter 13
  14. 14. Chapter 14
  15. 15. Chapter 15
  16. 16. Chapter 16
  17. 17. Chapter 17
  18. 18. Chapter 18
  19. 19. Chapter 19
  20. 20. Chapter 20
  21. 21. Chapter 21
  22. 22. Conclusion.—The Certificate.—The French Settlements.—The Post of Medina.—The Basilic.—Saint Louis.—The English Frigate.—The Return to London

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