From the Earth to the Moon

by Jules Verne · Free audiobook · 27 chapters

LibriVox recording of From the Earth to the Moon, by Jules Verne. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. 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) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, please visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (128MB)

Chapters

• 1. 01 - The Gun Club12:18
• 2. 02 - President Barbicane's Communication13:49
• 3. 03 - Effect of the President's Communication6:17
• 4. 04 - Reply from the Observatory of Cambridge10:03
• 5. 05 - The Romance of the Moon8:33
• 6. 06 - The Permissive Limits of Ignorance and Belief in the United States8:32
• 7. 07 - The Hymn of the Cannon-Ball11:02
• 8. 08 - The History of the Cannon7:25
• 9. 09 - The Question of the Powders9:19
• 10. 10 - One Enemy V. Twenty-Five Millions of Friends9:02
• 11. 11 - Florida and Texas8:53
• 12. 12 - Urbi et Orbi12:53
• 13. 13 - Stones Hill10:15
• 14. 14 - Pickaxe and Trowel9:57
• 15. 15 - The Fete of the Casting10:17
• 16. 16-17 - The Columbiad and A Telegraphic Dispatch11:10
• 17. 18 - The Passenger of Atlanta12:35
• 18. 19 - A Monster Meeting14:59
• 19. 20 - Attack and Riposte16:51
• 20. 21 - How a Frenchman Manages an Affair15:24
• 21. 22 - The New Citizen of the United States9:30
• 22. 23 - The Projectile-Vehicle7:16
• 23. 24 - The Telescope of the Rocky Mountains7:22
• 24. earth_to_moon_25_verne_64kb12:51
• 25. 26 - Fire!10:34
• 26. earth_to_moon_27_verne_64kb6:51
• 27. 28 - A New Star4:36