Name: Robur the Conqueror: a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886 and also known as The Clipper of the Clouds (en Inglés)
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Robur the Conqueror: a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886 and also known as The Clipper of the Clouds (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Jules Verne

Editorial

Les Prairies Numeriques

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

126

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

21.0 x 14.8 x 0.8 cm

Peso

0.17 kg.

ISBN13

9782382747650

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Ficción clásica
Aventura de ficción
Ciencia ficción

Robur the Conqueror: a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886 and also known as The Clipper of the Clouds (en Inglés)

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Robur the Conqueror By Jules VerneRobur the Conqueror (French: Robur-le-Conquérant) is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne, published in 1886. It is also known as The Clipper of the Clouds. It has a sequel, Master of the World, which was published in 1904.The story begins with strange lights and sounds, including blaring trumpet music, reported in the skies all over the world. The events are capped by the mysterious appearance of black flags with gold suns atop tall historic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. These events are all the work of the mysterious Robur (the specific epithet for the English oak (Quercus robur) and figuratively taken to mean "strength"), a brilliant inventor who intrudes on a meeting of a flight-enthusiasts' club called the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Members of the Weldon Institute are all firm believers that mankind shall master the skies using "lighter than air" craft, and that "heavier than air" craft such as airplanes and helicopters would be unfeasible. The institute has been constructing a giant dirigible called the Go-ahead, and are having a heated discussion of where to place its propeller (in front to pull it, or behind to push it) when Robur appears at the meeting and is admitted to speak to them. He chastises the group for being balloon-boosters when "heavier than air" flying apparatuses are the future. When asked if Robur himself has "made conquest of the air," he states that he has, leading to him accepting the title "Robur the Conqueror". During his short time at the Weldon Institute, Robur so incites the members that they chase him outside. Just as they are about to attack him, Robur appears to vanish into the mob, but he has actually been borne away by a flying machine.Later that night Robur kidnaps the Weldon Institute's secretary, president, and the president's valet. He takes them on board his ship, a huge, battery-powered, multirotor gyrodyne called the Albatross, which has many vertical airscrews to provide lift, and two horizontal airscrews in a push-pull configuration to drive the vessel forward.It bears the same black flag with golden sun that has been sighted on so many landmarks, and the music in the sky is explained to be one of the crewmen playing a trumpet. To demonstrate the vessel's superiority, Robur takes his captives around the world in the course of three weeks. The president and secretary are angry at Robur for kidnapping them and unwilling to admit that the Albatross is a fantastic vessel, or that their notions of "lighter than air" superiority are wrong. They demand that Robur release them, but he is aloof and always says that they shall remain as long as he desires it. Fearing they will be held captive forever, the two formulate plans to both escape and destroy the Albatross.

Jules Verne

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Jules Gabriel Verne, (Nantes, 8 de febrero de 1828-Amiens, 24 de marzo de 1905), destacado escritor francés y pionero de la literatura de aventuras y ciencia ficción, es reconocido por sus novelas visionarias, donde combinó el rigor científico con una narrativa emocionante. Obras como Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino, Viaje al centro de la Tierra y La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días no solo entretienen, sino que anticiparon avances tecnológicos con asombrosa precisión.

Miembro de la Legión de Honor y uno de los autores más traducidos de la historia, Verne influyó en generaciones de lectores, científicos y escritores. Sus historias, meticulosamente documentadas, siguen siendo un referente de la literatura universal, ideal para quienes buscan clásicos llenos de imaginación, aventura y conocimiento.

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