- Jules Verne - Wikipedia
His work has been adapted for film and television since the beginning of cinema, as well as for comic books, theater, opera, music and video games Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism [4]
- Jules Verne | Biography Facts | Britannica
Jules Verne, prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction Among his most famous novels are Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days
- Jules Verne: His Life and Writings - ThoughtCo
Jules Verne is hailed as the "father of science fiction" and his novels remain popular today Verne's adventurous novels combined science and imagination, taking readers to exotic and fascinating places Verne's stories have inspired real-world innovations and remain influential in culture today
- Jules Verne - Short Stories and Classic Literature
Verne is the second most translated author in the world, behind Agatha Christie His most famous novels include: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth, (1864), and Around the World in Eighty Days, (1873)
- Verne, Jules - Encyclopedia. com
Jules Verne wrote his novels during the time when steel and steam engines became popular, when electrical power was used more and more, and when the Eiffel Tower was built, and he uses all these new technologies in his novels to be an integral part of the adventures he was telling his readers
- Jules Verne
Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage
- Jules Verne: The Visionary Writer Who Invented the Future
Verne has sold over 200 million copies of his books worldwide, making him the second most-translated author in history (after Agatha Christie) During his lifetime, his works were translated into 148 languages according to UNESCO
- Jules Verne Biography - life, family, childhood, parents, story, wife . . .
Always rebellious but unsuccessful, Verne learned to escape into his own world of imagination These feelings would show up in many of Verne's works as an adult An otherwise uneventful childhood was marked by one major event In his twelfth year, Jules worked as a cabin boy on an ocean-going ship
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