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All Around the Moon

Jules Verne · translated by Edward Roth

It's a sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon" and follows the adventures of three daring characters—President Barbican, Captain M'Nicholl, and Michel Ardan—as they embark on a journey to the Moon in a specially designed projectile.

"All Around the Moon" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel. It's a sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon" and follows the adventures of three daring characters—President Barbican, Captain M'Nicholl, and Michel Ardan—as they embark on a journey to the Moon in a specially designed projectile.

This edition is the English translation by Edward Roth.

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The moment that the great clock belonging to the works at Stony Hill had struck ten, Barbican, Ardan and M'Nicholl began to take their last farewells of the numerous friends surrounding them. The two dogs intended to accompany them had been already deposited in the Projectile. The three travellers approached the mouth of the enormous cannon, seated themselves in the flying car, and once more took leave for the last time of the vast throng standing in silence around them. The windlass creaked, the car started, and the three daring men disappeared in the yawning gulf.

The trap-hole giving them ready access to the interior of the Projectile, the car soon came back empty; the great windlass was presently rolled away; the tackle and scaffolding were removed, and in a short space of time the great mouth of the Columbiad was completely rid of all obstructions.

M'Nicholl took upon himself to fasten the door of the trap on the inside by means of a powerful combination of screws and bolts of his own invention. He also covered up very carefully the glass lights with strong iron plates of extreme solidity and tightly fitting joints.

Ardan's first care was to turn on the gas, which he found burning rather low; but he lit no more than one burner, being desirous to economize as much as possible their store of light and heat, which, as he well knew, could not at the very utmost last them longer than a few weeks.

Contents

  1. 01List of Illustrations.
  2. 02Preliminary Chapter,
  3. 03Resuming the First Part of the Work and Serving as an Introduction to the Second.
  4. 04Chapter I.
  5. 05From 10 P.m. To 10 46' 40''.
  6. 06Chapter II.
  7. 07The First Half Hour.
  8. 08Chapter III.
  9. 09They Make Themselves at Home and Feel Quite Comfortable.
  10. 10Chapter IV.
  11. 11A Chapter for the Cornell Girls.
  12. 12Chapter V.
  13. 13The Colds of Space.
  14. 14Chapter VI.
  15. 15Instructive Conversation.
  16. 16Chapter VII.
  17. 17A High Old Time.
  18. 18Chapter VIII.
  19. 19The Neutral Point.
  20. 20Chapter IX.
  21. 21A Little Off the Track.
  22. 22Chapter X.
  23. 23The Observers of the Moon.
  24. 24Chapter XI.
  25. 25Fact and Fancy.
  26. 26Chapter XII.
  27. 27A Bird's Eye View of the Lunar Mountains.
  28. 28Chapter XIII.
  29. 29Lunar Landscapes
  30. 30Chapter XIV.
  31. 31A Night of Fifteen Days.
  32. 32Chapter XV.
  33. 33Glimpses at the Invisible.
  34. 34Chapter XVI.
  35. 35The Southern Hemisphere.
  36. 36Chapter XVII.
  37. 37Tycho.
  38. 38Chapter XVIII.
  39. 39Puzzling Questions.
  40. 40Chapter XIX.
  41. 41In Every Fight, the Impossible Wins.
  42. 42Chapter XX.
  43. 43Off the Pacific Coast.
  44. 44Chapter XXI.
  45. 45News for Marston!
  46. 46Chapter XXII.
  47. 47On the Wings of the Wind.
  48. 48Chapter XXIII.
  49. 49The Club Men Go a Fishing.
  50. 50Chapter XXIV.
  51. 51Farewell to the Baltimore Gun Club.
  52. 52End.

About this edition

Author
Jules Verne
Translator
Edward Roth
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Intermediate: some philosophy helps
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
365 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers