FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

• THE GUN CLUB
• PRESIDENT BARBICANE'S COMMUNICATION
• EFFECT OF THE PRESIDENT'S COMMUNICATION
• REPLY FROM THE OBSERVATORY OF CAMBRIDGE
• THE ROMANCE OF THE MOON
• PERMISSIVE LIMITS OF IGNORANCE AND BELIEF IN THE UNITED STATES
• THE HYMN OF THE CANNON-BALL
• HISTORY OF THE CANNON
• THE QUESTION OF THE POWDERS
• ONE ENEMY v. TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS
• FLORIDA AND TEXAS
• URBI ET ORBI
• STONES HILL
• PICKAXE AND TROWEL
• THE FETE OF THE CASTING
• THE COLUMBIAD
• A TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH
• THE PASSENGER OF THE ATLANTA
• A MONSTER MEETING
• ATTACK AND RIPOSTE
• HOW A FRENCHMAN MANAGES AN AFFAIR
• THE NEW CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES
• THE PROJECTILE-VEHICLE
• THE TELESCOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
• FINAL DETAILS
• FIRE!
• FOUL WEATHER
• A NEW STAR

Notes on the translation: This pre-1922 (and thus public domain) English edition of Jules Verne's De la Terre à la Lune is not a terribly good translation of Verne's original work. The central story line comes through, but much of the humour, interplay among characters, amusing dialogue, philosophical subtexts, and the flavour of Verne's writing style is attenuated. If your French is not up to reading the original edition on this server, and you'd like to better understand this work in depth, I recommend the contemporary translation, The Annotated Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon, translated and annotated by Walter James Miller, ISBN 0-517-14833-1. Even if you've read De la Terre à la Lune in the original French, you'll still learn a good deal about the 19th century social and literary context of the work from The Annotated Jules Verne edition.

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