Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adventure. Show all posts

Around the World in 80 Days / Jules Verne

Title: Around the World in 80 Days 
Author: Jules Verne
Subjects: Adventure; Classic; Fiction

In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his employe attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. It is one of the most famous book of its own kind.   

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe / Daniel Defoe

Title: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe 
Author: Daniel Defoe
Subjects: Adventure; Classic; Fiction

The book is presented as an autobiography of the title character. He spends 28 years on a remote tropical island, encountering cannibals, captives, and mutineers. The Story is based on the life of Alexander Selkirk, who lived for four years on a Pacific island which was renamed Robinson Crusoe Island.

Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson

Title: Treasure Island (Illustrated)
Author: Robert Louis Stevenson 
Illustrator: Louis Rhead
Subjects: Adventure; Classic; Fiction; Pirates

Its influence is enormous on popular perceptions of pirates, including such elements as treasure maps marked with an “X,” one-legged seamen and more. Treasure Island was originally considered a coming-of-age story and is noted for its atmosphere, characters, and action. It is one of the most frequently dramatised of all novels. 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain

Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Author: Mark Twain
Subjects: Fiction; Classic; Adventure; Children; Humor

The book is about the joys of childhood. Full of satire, talk about racism, childhood and teaching loyalty and courage without fearing about the cost of it. Regarded as most popular fiction in America. Its in the list of must read, always. 

Moby Dick (The Whale) / Herman Melville

Title: Moby Dick (The Whale)
Author: Herman Melville 
Subjects: Classic; Fiction; Psychological; Adventure 


"Call me Ishmael", Its opening line, is among world literature's most famous. Its a story of quest of Aheb for revenge on Moby Dick.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain

Title: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Subjects: Fiction; Classic; Adventure; Friendship; Children 

A beautiful children book, as good and recommendable to adults as to children. The book is written during the days of slavery in US. A multi layer story that can gives you meanings as you ready to understand.  

The Jungle Book / Rudyard Kipling

Title: The Jungle Book 
Author: Rudyard Kipling 
Subjects: Fiction; Classic; Children; Adventure

Its a collection of stories from jungle in India. Its a story about Mowgli. Its a story about animals and jungle.

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