A Floating City
One of the most extraordinary voyages among the least known, a floating city, is a short but fascinating novel. Jules Verne, through his narrator, takes us on board the Great Eastern for a trip from Liverpool to New York. Onboard, we find a concentrate on the society of the time. We live all the possible intrigues in this behind-the-scenes, sometimes a little disturbing, so many legends about it abound drownings, disappearances, and workers walled in machinery. .. But, more than a simple hymn to progress, this novel is a photograph of the society of the end of the XIXth Century, and the intrigues in the sides of this "floating city" are full of interest.

The Blockade Runners
It's been a long time since I read Jules Verne, so these little novels allowed me to fix that. That said, it may not be the most appropriate format: the characters are not the most vital point of this author, and they do not have the time to develop on a path. As short as that who leads this English vessel to break the blockade of the American Civil War to bring back cotton. It's pretty cool, but it lacks pages to train the reader like Verne knows how to do in other works. For lovers of maritime conflicts, therefore, rather.