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9781843910671

A Fantasy of Dr Ox

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  • ISBN13:

    9781843910671

  • ISBN10:

    1843910675

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-10-01
  • Publisher: Hesperus Press
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Summary

Something very strange is in the air of the harmonious town of Quiquendone. Unknown to its inhabitants, the mad genius Dr. Ox has unleashed a veil of oxyhydric gas over the townhis own living laboratoryin an attempt to spice things up. In his amusing portrait of an idyllic community suddenly overtaken by an appetite for aggression, Jules Verne points to the ease with which any societyand the modern resonance is unmissablecan be manipulated by its masters into hatred and war. Jules Verne was the originator of modern science fiction; among his works areAround the World in Eighty DaysandJourney to the Center of the Earth.

Author Biography

Jules Verne is one of the most popular French novelists of all time. His tales of experiment and exploration were filled with the adventurous spirit of the nineteenth century, and brought him fame as an author for both adults and children, and acclaim as the father of modern science fiction. Among his best-known works are Around the World in Eighty Days, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vii
Introductionp. xi
A Fantasy of Dr Oxp. 1
Notesp. 85
Biographical notep. 87
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