Journey to the Moon

A new translation of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, telling the story of an audacious journey to the Moon that inspired generations of writers and astronauts. This edition contains contains a wealth of contextual information and unpublished research and is the first text to appear as the author wished.

List of contents

• Introduction


• Note on the Text and Translation


• Select Bibliography


• A Chronology of Jules Verne


• JOURNEY TO THE MOON


• Appendix: Inception and Development of the Novel


• Explanatory Notes

About the author

David Coward writes widely on the history, literature, and culture of France. A regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, and national newspapers, he won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Translation in 1996. He is the author of A History of French Literature (2002), and for Oxford World's Classics has translated and edited works by Dumas, Diderot, Sade, and Beaumarchais.

William Butcher has taught languages and mathematics, notably at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration and the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of Jules Verne inédit: Les manuscrits déchiffrés (The Unexpurgated Jules Verne, 2015) and Jules Verne: The Biography (2006 and 2020). He has published many translations and editions, including Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas for Oxford World's Classics.

Summary

A new translation of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, telling the story of an audacious journey to the Moon that inspired generations of writers and astronauts. This edition contains contains a wealth of contextual information and unpublished research and is the first text to appear as the author wished.

Product details

• Authors: Jules Verne
• Assisted by: William Butcher (Editor), Butcher William (Editor), David Coward (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 14.08.2025
• EAN: 9780198941781
• ISBN: 978-0-19-894178-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Oxford World's Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Classic fiction: general and literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form