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| Author | : Jules Verne |
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| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 1911 |
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| Author | : Jules Verne |
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| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 1911 |
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| Author | : Jules Verne |
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| Total Pages | : 414 |
| Release | : 1911 |
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| Author | : Jules Verne |
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| Total Pages | : 110 |
| Release | : 2016-07-27 |
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| ISBN | : 9781535547987 |
The Begum's Fortune (French: Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum), also published as The Begum's Millions, is an 1879 novel by Jules Verne, with some elements which could be described as utopian and others which seem clearly dystopian. It is remarkable as the first published book in which Verne was cautionary and to some degree pessimistic about the development of science and technology.Two men receive the news that they are part-inheritors to a vast fortune due to being the last surviving descendants of a French soldier-of-fortune who many years before settled in India and married the immensely rich widow of one of its native princes - the begum of the title.One of the inheritors is a gentle French physician, Dr. Sarrasin, who has long been concerned with the unsanitary conditions of the European cities. He decides to use his share of the inheritance to establish a utopian model city which would be constructed and maintained with public health as the primary concern of its government.
| Author | : Jules Verne |
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| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 1911 |
| Genre | : Science fiction, French |
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| Author | : Jules Verne |
| Publisher | : Wesleyan University Press |
| Total Pages | : 305 |
| Release | : 2014-06-19 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0819574597 |
Verne's first cautionary tale about the dangers of science — first modern and corrected English translation. When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. François Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan Herr Schultze, is Verne's first truly evil scientist. In his quest for world domination and racial supremacy, Schultze decides to showcase his deadly wares by destroying France-Ville and all its inhabitants. Both prescient and cautionary, The Begum's Millions is a masterpiece of scientific and political speculation and constitutes one of the earliest technological utopia/dystopias in Western literature. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction as well as all the illustrations from the original French edition.
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| Release | : 1911 |
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| Author | : Jules Verne |
| Publisher | : Lindhardt og Ringhof |
| Total Pages | : 179 |
| Release | : 2024-01-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 8726505657 |
‘The Begum’s Fortune’ follows the plans of two scientists, the French physicist, Sarrasin, and German, Schultz. Each has a share in inheriting a vast fortune and sets about spending it on the project of their dreams. A humanitarian, Sarrasin builds the city, Frankville, dedicated to upholding the health of its citizens. Schultz, however, constructs Steeltown, which is devoted to the creation of weapons of war. Astonishingly prescient, ‘The Begum’s Fortune’ predicts a number of technological advances, including incendiary bombs, satellites, and even mobile phones. A taut and thought-provoking read for those with an interest in dystopian futures. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who became known as the ‘Father of Science Fiction.’ He wrote more than 60 novels, including ‘Journey to the Center of the Earth’ (1864), ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea’ (1870) which was also released as a film, starring James Mason, and ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ (1873), which has been released as a TV drama, featuring former Dr Who star, David Tennant.
| Author | : Verne Jules |
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| Release | : 1901 |
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| ISBN | : 9780243816484 |
| Author | : Jules Verne |
| Publisher | : Palala Press |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 2016-04-27 |
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| ISBN | : 9781354743492 |
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