Project Gutenberg 2008-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 218 Verne, Jules 1828 1905 Verne, Júlio Verne, Jules Gabriël Verne, Jules Gabriel Verne, Gyula Evangeline 1806 1877 Oosterzee, Hendrik Marinus Christiaan van De la Terre à la Lune. Dutch De Reis naar de Maan in 28 dagen en 12 uren Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ "De Reis naar de Maan in 28 Dagen en 12 Uren" by Jules Verne is a science fiction novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the ambitious plans of the Gun Club, a group of American artillery enthusiasts who, after the Civil War, seek to launch a projectile to the moon. The main character, Impey Barbicane, proposes this audacious project which ignites excitement and enthusiasm among the members of the club and across the nation. The opening of this thrilling tale introduces the Gun Club, established during the American Civil War and now facing the tedium of peace. Dissatisfied with the lack of explosive creativity, the members engage in spirited discussions about their war inventions. Barbicane eventually proposes an extraordinary venture: to create a massive cannon capable of sending a projectile to the moon. This proposal stirs up fervor among the club members and the surrounding community, setting the stage for a grand adventure filled with engineering feats, national pride, and the quest for scientific progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Science fiction Space flight to the moon -- Fiction Moon -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Manned space flight -- Fiction PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels Category: French Literature 561579 2025-06-11T09:11:26.883623 text/html 553858 2021-01-04T10:41:03 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7625953 2021-01-04T10:41:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 8061297 2025-06-11T09:11:43.228532 application/epub+zip 8067743 2025-06-11T09:11:32.948592 application/epub+zip 267244 2025-06-11T09:11:30.138616 application/epub+zip 8407233 2025-06-11T09:11:50.154459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8327332 2025-06-11T09:11:40.979498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492977 2022-09-12T13:51:21.284344 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 441990 2025-06-11T09:11:24.683645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 440162 2021-01-04T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 163033 2021-01-04T10:41:03 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20761 2025-06-11T09:11:50.351456 application/rdf+xml 17887 2025-06-11T09:11:30.777554 image/jpeg 3973 2025-06-11T09:11:30.455557 image/jpeg 7703211 2025-06-11T09:11:27.181567 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia pt.wikipedia