The Eternal Adam and other stories

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Jules Verne - The Eternal Adam and other Storiesselected by Peter CostelloThis narrative from beyond the tomb enabled him to imagine the terrible drama which is forever played throughout the universe, and his heart overflowed with pity. Bleeding from the countless wounds from which those who had ever lived had suffered before him, bending beneath the weight of these vain efforts accumulated throughout the infinity of time, Zartog Sofr'-Ai-Sr gained, slowley and painfully, an intimate conviction of the eternal recurrence of events.-from the eternal adamContentsNote on the Author and EditorIntroductionRecollections of Childhood and YouthThe First Ships of the Mexican NavyA Drama in the AirMaster ZachariusDoctor Ox’s ExperimentAn Ideal CityDr TrifulgasGil BraltarIn the Twenty-Ninth CenturyAn Express of the FutureThe Eternal Adam