Voyages to the Moon and the Sun by Cyrano de Bergerac
"Voyages to the Moon and the Sun" by Cyrano de Bergerac is a satirical novel published posthumously in 1657. The narrator, also named Cyrano, attempts multiple flights to reach the Moon and discover its civilization. After crashing in New France and surviving a rocket-powered launch, he encounters four-legged inhabitants who communicate in musical notes, value large noses, and include the ghost of Socrates. Through philosophical dialogues, the travelers challenge fundamental beliefs about
God, immortality, and the human soul. Considered one of the earliest science fiction stories, it features the first description of rocket-powered spaceflight. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655 |
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| Translator | Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962 |
| LoC No. | 24016234 |
| Uniform Title | L'autre monde. English |
| Title | Voyages to the Moon and the Sun |
| Original Publication | London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1923. |
| Series Title | Broadway translations |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comical_History_of_the_States_and_Empires_of_the_Moon |
| Contents | Introduction: The legend of Cyrano. The life of Cyrano. Cyrano's friends. The libertin question. The works of Cyrano -- Voyage to the moon -- Voyage to the sun -- Appendices: Extracts from Godwin, D'Urfey, and Swift. Bibliography. Genealogy. Coat of arms. |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Space flight to the moon -- Fiction |
| Subject | Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800 |
| Subject | French fiction -- 17th century |
| Subject | Satire, French |
| Subject | Cyrano de Bergerac, 1619-1655 |
| Subject | Authors, French -- 17th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 74000 |
| Release Date | Jul 10, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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