A Russian landlord makes reparations to the woman he wronged in his youth.

A collection of all of the short stories and novellas written by Leo Tolstoy.

The story of five families in Russia during the Napoleonic Wars.

Arkady returns to his father’s estate accompanied by his friend from university—a nihilist.

An American naturalist travels south beyond the remote Kerguelen Islands.

On a bet, an eccentric Victorian gentleman races to circumnavigate the globe.

A young sea apprentice finds himself in charge of a ship, which is led astray to a land where the slave trade abounds.

Three men attempt to cross Africa by balloon.

After the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club decides to apply its engineering expertise to the design of a cannon capable of shooting a projectile to the Moon.

A Scottish lord and lady set off on a quest to find and rescue the shipwrecked Captain Grant.

A courier of the Russian Czar must race against time and the Siberian elements to deliver a crucial message of an impeding Tartar invasion and possible treachery.

The giant rocket Columbiad travels to the Moon, engaging in discoveries and misadventures along the way.