空中历险记 AVoyageinaBalloon
儒勒·凡尔纳/JulesVerne
儒勒·凡尔纳（JulesVerne，1828—1905），法国著名科幻小说家、冒险小说家。1863年，他凭总名称为《在已知和未知世界中的奇异漫游》的系列作品集一举成名，这进一步地激发了他的创作热情。他一生中共创作了66部小说，其中《格兰特船长的儿女》《海底两万里》《神秘岛》《环游地球80天》等风靡全球，成为家喻户晓的作品。他以其大量著作和突出贡献，被誉为“现代科学幻想小说之父”。
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InthemonthofSeptember，1850，, hadbeenbrilliantlymarkedbyaerostaticballoon；but, uptothisday, noinhabitantoftheConfederationhadaccompaniedme, , Godard, andPoitevin, hadfailedtoinducethegraveGermanstoattemptaerialvoyages.
Meanwhile, hardlyhadthenewsofmyapproachingascensioncirculatedthroughoutFrankfort, , weweretoascendfromthePlacedelaComédie., ofgiganticproportions, wasofsilk, coatedwithguttapercha, asubstancenotliabletoinjuryfromacidsorgas, ：theinevitableresultsofperilousdescents.
ThedayofourascensionwasthatofthegreatfairofSeptember, , , evolvedbythecontactofwaterwithironandsulphuricacid, passedfromthefrstreservoirstothesecond, andthenceintotheimmenseglobe, , andabout11oclock, theballoonwasthree-quartersfull；sufficientlyso；foraswerise, theatmosphericlayersdiminishindensity, andthegas, confinedwithintheaerostat, acquiringmoreelasticity, .
, thatoftheimpatientcrowdwhothrongedaroundthereservedenclosure, inundatedtheentiresquareandadjoiningstreets, , andanoverpoweringheatwasradiatingfromanuncloudedsky；, onemightdescendintheveryspothehadleft.
