Jules Verne ~7 hr read

An intrepid explorer and two companions set out to cross unmapped Africa by hydrogen balloon, drifting over jungle, desert, and danger where no traveler has gone before.

Jules Verne's 1863 debut novel launched his 'Voyages Extraordinaires' with a thrilling aerial expedition blending geography, invention, and adventure. Exuberant, pioneering, hugely influential. Read it for the book that began Verne's career and helped invent the modern adventure novel.

In its time

Published in 1863, during the 1860s, verne launches the voyages extraordinaires.

Reading it

~7 hr read (a novel-length work, settle in).