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Books illustrated by Férat

Jules Verne

;Novels *(1871) '' A Floating City'', 44 illustrations *(1872) '' The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa'', 53 illustrations *(1873) ''

The Fur Country ''The Fur Country'' () or ''Seventy Degrees North Latitude'' is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in The Extraordinary Voyages series, first published in 1873. The novel was serialized in ''Magasin d’Éducation et de Récréation'' from 20 Sep ...

'', 103 illustrations (with Alfred Quesnay de Beaurépaire) *(1875) ''

The Mysterious Island ''The Mysterious Island'' () is a novel by Jules Verne, serialised from August 1874 to September 1875 and then published in book form in November 1875. The first edition, published by Hetzel, contains illustrations by Jules Férat. The novel i ...

'', 152 illustrations *(1876) ''

Michael Strogoff ''Michael Strogoff: The Courier of the Czar'' () is a novel written by Jules Verne in 1876 in literature, 1876. Critic Leonard S. Davidow, considers it one of Verne's best books. Davidow wrote, "Jules Verne has written no better book than this, ...

'', 91 illustrations *(1877) ''

The Child of the Cavern ''Les Indes noires'' (literally ''The Black Indies'') is a novel by the French writer Jules Verne, serialized in ''Le Temps'' in March and April 1877 and published immediately afterward by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. The first UK edition was published ...

'', 45 illustrations ;Short stories *(1871) '' The Blockade Runners'', 17 illustrations *(1875) '' Martin Paz'', 12 illustrations *(1876) '' A Drama in Mexico'', 6 illustrations

External links

The Illustrators of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferat, Jules 1829 births 1906 deaths French illustrators Jules Verne People from Ham, Somme