This book contains the first volume of "The Works of Jules Verne." Jules Gabriel Verne (1828 - 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright most famous for his epic adventure novels, and his significant influence on science fiction. This fabulous collection would make for an ideal addition to any bookshelf, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Verne s seminal work. The sections of this book include: Jules Verne, Introduction, A Drama in the Air, The Watch s Soul, A winter in the Ice, The Peal of the Lima, The Mutineers, and Five Weeks in a Balloon . Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author."