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Jules Verne
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen
Published by Good Press, 2019
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EAN 4057664124920
Table of Contents
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
DETAILED CONTENTS.
FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON.
CHAPTER FIRST.
CHAPTER SECOND.
CHAPTER THIRD.
CHAPTER FOURTH.
CHAPTER FIFTH.
CHAPTER SIXTH.
CHAPTER SEVENTH.
CHAPTER EIGHTH.
CHAPTER NINTH.
CHAPTER TENTH.
CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
CHAPTER TWELFTH
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.
CHAPTER FIFTEENTH.
CHAPTER SIXTEENTH.
CHAPTER SEVENTEENTH.
CHAPTER EIGHTEENTH.
CHAPTER NINETEENTH.
CHAPTER TWENTIETH.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SECOND.
CHAPTER TWENTY-THIRD.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOURTH.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIFTH.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIXTH.
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVENTH.
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHTH.
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINTH.
CHAPTER THIRTIETH.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIRST.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SECOND.
CHAPTER THIRTY-THIRD.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOURTH.
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIFTH.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIXTH.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENTH.
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHTH.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINTH.
CHAPTER FORTIETH.
CHAPTER FORTY-FIRST.
CHAPTER FORTY-SECOND.
CHAPTER FORTY-THIRD.
CHAPTER FORTY-FOURTH.
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE.
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“Five Weeks in a Balloon” is, in a measure, a satire on modern books of African travel. So far as the geography, the inhabitants, the animals, and the features of the countries the travellers pass over are described, it is entirely accurate. It gives, in some particulars, a survey of nearly the whole field of African discovery, and in this way will often serve to refresh the memory of the reader. The mode of locomotion is, of course, purely imaginary, and the incidents and adventures fictitious. The latter are abundantly amusing, and, in view of the wonderful “travellers’ tales” with which we have been entertained by African explorers, they can scarcely be considered extravagant; while the ingenuity and invention of
