From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne

27 chapters4h 38mEnglish1865

About this book

From the Earth to the Moon (French: De la Terre à la Lune) is a humorous science fantasy story written in 1865 by Jules Verne and is one of the earliest entries in that genre. It tells the story of three well-to-do members of a post-American Civil War gun club who build an enormous sky-facing columbiad and ride a spaceship fired from it to the moon. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Chapters (27)

1The Gun Club

738

2President Barbicane's Communication

829

3Effect of the President's Communication

377

4Reply From the Observatory of Cambridge

603

5The Romance of the Moon

513

6The Permissive Limits of Ignorance and Belief in the United States

511

7The Hymn of the Cannon-Ball

662

8History of the Cannon

445

9The Question of the Powders

558

10One Enemy V. Twenty-Five Millions of Friends

542

11Florida and Texas

533

12Urbi et Orbi

773

13Stones Hill

615

14Pickaxe and Trowel

597

15The Fete of the Casting

617

16Ch. 16 The Columbiad and Ch. 17 A Telegraphic Dispatch

670

17Ch. 18 The Passenger of the Atlanta

755

18Ch. 19 A Monster Meeting

899

19Ch. 20 Attack and Riposte

1011

20Ch. 21 How A Frenchman Manages An Affair

924

21Ch. 22 The New Citizen of the United States

570

22Ch. 23 The Projectile-Vehicle

436

23Ch. 24 The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains

442

24Ch. 25 Final Details

772

25Ch. 26 Fire!

634

26Ch. 27 Foul Weather

411

27Ch. 28 A New Star

276

From the Earth to the Moon

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Chapters (27)

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