A Fantasy of Dr Ox

by Jules Verne

Book Overview

Something very strange is in the air of the harmonious town of Quiquendone. Unknown to its inhabitants, the mad genius Dr. Ox has unleashed a veil of oxyhydric gas over the town--his own living laboratory--in an attempt to spice things up. In his amusing portrait of an idyllic community suddenly overtaken by an appetite for aggression, Jules Verne points to the ease with which any society--and the modern resonance is unmissable--can be manipulated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843910675
• ISBN13: 9781843910671
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Hesperus Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.8"