Voyage to the Moon

Cyrano de Bergerac, Andrew Brown

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Alma Books
03 September 2019

Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Science fiction; Classic science fiction; Science; Space; Aliens; Space Exploration

Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages

In A Voyage to the Moon, the narrator (called, like the author, Cyrano de Bergerac), after a failed first attempt to reach the moon using vials of dewdrops, finally makes it into space and to his desired destination using the more scientific means of a rocket-powered craft. After landing, he discovers four-legged creatures whose nourishment is smoke and whose currency is poetry and encounters the ghost of Socrates.

Published posthumously and intended mainly as a satire of its age, this imaginative and entertaining tale – here presented in a lively translation by Andrew Brown – is now considered one of the pioneering works of science fiction.

By: Cyrano de Bergerac
Translated by: Andrew Brown
Imprint: Alma Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm,
Weight: 128g
ISBN: 9781847497994
ISBN 10: 1847497993
Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 03 September 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-55) - best known for Edmond de Rostand's depiction of him in his famous play - was a major writer of the French libertine movement, and the author of plays such as The Death of Agrippina and The Pedant Tricks and many other innovative works of prose and poetry.