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Title: Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe; I. La lune
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Summary: "Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe; I. La lune" by Le Faure and Graffigny is a scientific fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The book blends adventure with astronomical themes, following a Russian scientist as he navigates through celestial topics and discoveries. It explores the idea of space travel and challenges conventional beliefs about the moon and other celestial bodies. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Saint-Petersburg on a snowy evening, where a young girl named Séléna is anxiously waiting for a visit from her suitor, Gontran de Flammermont. Her father, Mickhaïl Ossipoff, is portrayed as a passionate scientist engrossed in his experiments, which lead to an explosion that shakes their home. This sets the stage for Séléna's declaration of love and her father's subsequent obsession with a groundbreaking discovery related to ballistics. The delightful tension between domestic life and scientific ambition presents a poignant backdrop for the impending adventures and discussions that are to unfold. The narrative draws readers into a world where scientific exploration intertwines with personal relationships, hinting at larger themes of discovery and the mysteries of the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Le Faure, Georges, 1856-1953
Author: Graffigny, H. de (Henry), 1863-1934
Author of introduction, etc.: Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925
EBook No.: 19738
Published: Nov 8, 2006
Downloads: 123
Language: French
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Moon -- Fiction
Subject: Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction
Subject: Solar system -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe; I. La lune
Credits:
Produced by Chuck Greif, Mireille Harmelin and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://dp.rastko.net
(Produced from images of the Bibliothèque nationale de
France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
Summary: "Aventures extraordinaires d'un savant russe; I. La lune" by Le Faure and Graffigny is a scientific fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The book blends adventure with astronomical themes, following a Russian scientist as he navigates through celestial topics and discoveries. It explores the idea of space travel and challenges conventional beliefs about the moon and other celestial bodies. The opening of the narrative introduces us to Saint-Petersburg on a snowy evening, where a young girl named Séléna is anxiously waiting for a visit from her suitor, Gontran de Flammermont. Her father, Mickhaïl Ossipoff, is portrayed as a passionate scientist engrossed in his experiments, which lead to an explosion that shakes their home. This sets the stage for Séléna's declaration of love and her father's subsequent obsession with a groundbreaking discovery related to ballistics. The delightful tension between domestic life and scientific ambition presents a poignant backdrop for the impending adventures and discussions that are to unfold. The narrative draws readers into a world where scientific exploration intertwines with personal relationships, hinting at larger themes of discovery and the mysteries of the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 69.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Author: Le Faure, Georges, 1856-1953
Author: Graffigny, H. de (Henry), 1863-1934
Author of introduction, etc.: Flammarion, Camille, 1842-1925
EBook No.: 19738
Published: Nov 8, 2006
Downloads: 123
Language: French
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Moon -- Fiction
Subject: Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction
Subject: Solar system -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.