We leave it to the critics to determine the value of Jules Verne’s descriptions if they were shorn of the marvellous in which he delights to clothe them. All we can say is. his grotesque images are highly amusing. Here we have the story of the Sepoy Mutiny in India, and hear a great deal about the terrible Nana who set it a-going. The Steam House is a gigantic engine of steel, fashioned like a huge elephant, impelled by steam, and dragging several vast cars as big as houses, up and down the country. We meet with this droll conception in many of the fabulous illustrations by a French artist.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 614 ● ISBN 9783849645830 ● 文件大小 15.5 MB ● 翻译者 William Henry Giles Kingston ● 出版者 Jazzybee Verlag ● 市 Altenmünster ● 国家 DE ● 发布时间 2014 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 3410112 ● 复制保护 社会DRM
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