A Floating City

A Floating City
Author	Jules Verne
Original title	Une ville flottante
Illustrator	Jules Férat
Country	France
Language	French
Series	The Extraordinary Voyages #8
Genre	Adventure novel
Publisher	Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date	1871
Published in English	1874
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Preceded by	Around the Moon
Followed by	The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa

A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City, (French: Une ville flottante) is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published in 1871 in France.[1] At the time of its publication, the novel enjoyed a similar level of popularity as Around the World in Eighty Days. [2] The first UK and US editions of the novel appeared in 1874.[3] Jules Férat provided the original illustrations for the novel.[4]

Plot

It tells of a woman who, on board the ship Great Eastern with her abusive husband, finds that the man she loves is also on board.

References

Schmidt, Johanna de (2016-07-01). "'This strange little floating world of ours': shipboard periodicals and community-building in the 'global' nineteenth century". Journal of Global History. 11 (2): 229–250. doi:10.1017/S1740022816000073. ISSN 1740-0228.
"A Floating City; The Blockade Runners; Round the World in Eighty Days; Dr. Ox's Experiment by Jules Verne, 1911 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
Nash, Andrew. "Jules Verne: Book: A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners - ANash". www.julesverne.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
Evans, Arthur B (1998). "The Illustrations of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire". Science Fiction Studies. 25: 241–270 – via DePauw University Library.

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[1] Schmidt, Johanna de (2016-07-01). "'This strange little floating world of ours': shipboard periodicals and community-building in the 'global' nineteenth century". Journal of Global History. 11 (2): 229–250. doi:10.1017/S1740022816000073. ISSN 1740-0228.

[2] "A Floating City; The Blockade Runners; Round the World in Eighty Days; Dr. Ox's Experiment by Jules Verne, 1911 | Online Research Library: Questia". www.questia.com. Retrieved 2016-12-22.

[3] Nash, Andrew. "Jules Verne: Book: A Floating City, and The Blockade Runners - ANash". www.julesverne.ca. Retrieved 2016-12-22.

[4] Evans, Arthur B (1998). "The Illustrations of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaire". Science Fiction Studies. 25: 241–270 – via DePauw University Library.