A Drama In The Air
"A Drama in the Air" (French: "Un drame dans les airs") is an adventure short story by Jules Verne.
The story was first published in August 1851 under the title "Science for families. A Voyage in a Balloon" ("La science en famille. Un voyage en ballon") in Musée des familles with five illustrations by Alexandre de Bar. In 1874, with six illustrations by Émile-Antoine Bayard, it was included in Doctor Ox, the only collection of Jules Verne’s short stories published during Verne’s lifetime. An English translation by Anne T. Wilbur, was published in May 1852 in "Sartain’s Union Magazine of Literature", marked the first time a work by Jules Verne was translated into the English language.
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