| A Floating City | |
| Author: | Jules Verne |
| Illustrator: | Jules Férat |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Series: | The Extraordinary Voyages #8 |
| Publisher: | Pierre-Jules Hetzel |
| Release Date: | 1871 |
| English Pub Date: | 1874 |
| Media Type: | Print (Hardback) |
| Preceded By: | Around the Moon |
| Followed By: | The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa |
A Floating City, or sometimes translated The Floating City (French: Une ville flottante), is an adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne first published in 1871 in France.[1] At the time of its publication, the novel enjoyed a similar level of popularity as Around the World in Eighty Days.[2] The first UK and US editions of the novel appeared in 1874.[3] Jules Férat provided the original illustrations for the novel.[4]
It tells of a woman who, on board the ship Great Eastern with her abusive husband, finds that the man she loves is also on board.