A Voyage to the Moon
A Voyage to the Moon is a novella written by Cyrano de Bergerac in 1657. The story follows a group of travelers who embark on a journey to the moon using a magical machine. Along the way, they encounter various obstacles and challenges, including hostile creatures and treacherous terrain. Despite these setbacks, the travelers persevere and eventually reach their destination, where they discover a strange and wondrous world filled with fantastical creatures and landscapes. The novella is known for its imaginative and fanciful descriptions of the moon's surface and atmosphere, as well as its exploration of themes such as adventure, discovery, and the human spirit. It is considered a classic of French literature and continues to be widely read and studied today.
By Cyrano De Bergerac · First published 1657 · Genre: Science Fiction, Adventure, Satire · 14 chapters
Contents
- "Of how the Voyage was Conceived."
- "Of how the Author set out, and where he first arrived."
- "Of his Conversation with the Vice-Roy of New France; and of the system of this Universe."
- "Of how at last he set out again for the Moon, tho without his own Will."
- "Of his Arrival there, and of the Beauty of that Country in which he fell."
- "Of a Youth whom he met there, and of their Conversation: what that country was, and the Inhabitants of it."
- "Being cast out from that Country, of the new" "Adventures which Befell him; and of the" Demon "of" Socrates
- "Of the Languages of the People in the Moon; of the Manner of Feeding there, and Paying the" Scot; "and of how the Author was taken to Court"
- "Of the Little" Spaniard "whom he met there, and of his quaint Wit; of" Vacuum, "Specific Weights, and sundry other Philosophical Matters"
- "Where the Author comes in doubt, whether he be a" Man, "an" Ape, "or an"
- "Of the Manner of making War in the Moon; and of how the Moon is not the Moon, nor the Earth the Earth."
- "Of a Philosophical Entertainment."
- "Of the little Animals that make up our Life, and likewise cause our Diseases; and of the Disposition of the Towns in the Moon."
- "Of the" Original "of All Things; of Atomes"; "and of the Operation of the Senses"