My favourite book

Havryil Buhrym
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Five Weeks in a Balloon - is an adventure
novel by Jules Verne, published in 1863. It is
the first novel in which he perfected the
"ingredients" of his later work, skillfully
mixing a story line full of adventure and plot
twists that keep the reader's interest through
passages of technical, geographic, and
historic description. The book gives readers a
glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which
was still not completely known to Europeans
of the time, with explorers traveling all over
the continent in search of its secrets.
 Who is Jules Verne?

Jules Gabriel Verne - was a French novelist, poet,

and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-
Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages
extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels
including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), Around the World
in Eighty Days (1872), and Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863).
His novels, always very well documented, are generally set
in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the
technological advances of the time.
History of creation
• In 1862, Verne provided the publisher
Pierre-Jules Hetzel with a semi-
autobiographical novel, A Journey Back to
England and Scotland, which Etzel
rejected. The publisher accepted another
work by Verne, Five Weeks in a Balloon,
and published it in 1863.
• Also Pierre-Jules helped Jules in the
creation of many novels and plays. He also
introduced Jules to his future wife
Honorine, with whom he lived for the rest
of his life.
Pierre-Jules Hetzel
 Plot
• An explorer Dr. Samuel Fergusson, accompanied by his
manservant Joe and his friend professional hunter Richard
"Dick" Kennedy, sets out to travel across the African continent —
still not full explored — with the help of a balloon filled
with hydrogen. He has invented a mechanism that, by eliminating
the need to release gas or throw ballast overboard to control his
altitude, allows very long trips to be taken. This voyage is meant
to link together the voyages of Sir Richard Burton and John
Hanning Speke in East Africa with those of Heinrich Barth in the
regions of the Sahara and Chad. The trip begins in Zanzibar on
the east coast, and passes across Lake Victoria, Lake
Map of the trip described in the book from
Chad, Agadez, Timbuktu, Djenné and Ségou to St Louis in
the east to the west coast of Africa.
modern-day Senegal on the west coast. The book describes the
unknown interior of Africa near modern-day Central African
Republic as a desert, when it is actually savanna.
Why I like this book?
• I like this book because it has a lot of
adventure, exciting events and interesting
storylines. Also, this book is full of
ridiculous situations and funny jokes from
the author. In my opinion, this book
appeals to all readers who like adventure
novels. This book develops your
imagination, geographical thinking and
brings a lot of fun and positive emotions to
readers after reading this novel.
Thank you for your attention!!!