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Jules Verne (1828–1905)

Author of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea

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About the Author

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and show more Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography) Jules Verne (1828-1905) is the author of numerous adventure stories grounded in popularizations of science. (Publisher Provided) show less
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Verne's works in English (and other languages, for that matter) often have varied titles. Try here (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~gdevries/langu...) to identify title variations. Many English translations are abridged in order to "improve" the story line.

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Series

Works by Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1870) 18,559 copies
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) 17,232 copies
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864) — Author — 14,970 copies
The Mysterious Island (1874) 4,789 copies
From the Earth to the Moon (1865) — Author — 2,913 copies
Michael Strogoff (1876) — Author — 1,833 copies
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) 1,533 copies
Paris in the Twentieth Century (1860) — Author — 909 copies
Round the Moon (1870) — Author — 892 copies
From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon (1865) — Author — 794 copies
Seven Novels (1863) — Author — 723 copies
Master of the World (1904) — Author — 717 copies
The Castle of the Carpathians (1892) — Author — 625 copies
Two Years' Vacation (1888) — Author — 622 copies
Dick Sands: A Captain at Fifteen (1878) — Author — 595 copies
The Begum's Millions (1879) — Author — 488 copies
The Child of the Cavern (1877) — Author — 481 copies
Robur the Conqueror (1886) — Author — 444 copies
An Antarctic Mystery (1897) — Author — 393 copies
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1866) — Author — 389 copies
El faro del fin del mundo (1905) — Author — 383 copies
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (1881) — Author — 364 copies
Godfrey Morgan (1882) — Author — 345 copies
Off on a Comet (1877) — Author — 335 copies
Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (1879) — Author — 306 copies
The Green Ray (1882) — Author — 292 copies
The Survivors of the Chancellor (1875) — Author — 246 copies
In the Year 2889 (1889) — Author — 245 copies
Facing the Flag (1896) — Author — 243 copies
A Fantasy of Dr. Ox (1872) — Author — 240 copies
The Purchase of the North Pole (1890) — Author — 233 copies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Part 1/2 (1869) — Author — 215 copies
The Vanished Diamond (1884) — Author — 214 copies
A Floating City (1870) — Author — 198 copies
Mathias Sandorf (1885) — Author — 190 copies
Propeller Island (1895) — Author — 187 copies
The Fur Country (1873) — Author — 184 copies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Part 2/2 (1870) — Author — 175 copies
The Archipelago on Fire (1884) — Author — 158 copies
Keraban the Inflexible (1883) 158 copies
The Village in the Treetops (1901) — Author — 148 copies
North Against South (1887) — Author — 139 copies
The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (1910) — Author — 138 copies
The Mighty Orinoco (1898) — Author — 137 copies
The Steam House (1880) — Author — 136 copies
The Mysterious Island (1/2) (1959) — Author — 130 copies
The English at the North Pole (1866) — Author — 130 copies
The Blockade Runners (1865) — Author — 127 copies
The Mysterious Island (2/2) (1875) — Author — 122 copies
The Desert of Ice (1866) — Author — 120 copies
The Golden Volcano (1906) — Author — 120 copies
The Lottery Ticket (1886) — Author — 119 copies
Invasion of the Sea (1935) — Author — 111 copies
Danube Pilot (1955) — Author — 111 copies
Robur the Conqueror / Master of the World (1904) — Author — 106 copies
Yesterday and Tomorrow (1965) 104 copies
Secret of the Island : The Mysterious Island (3/3) (1927) — Author — 102 copies
The City in the Sahara (1960) 98 copies
Caesar Cascabel (1890) — Author — 95 copies
A Drama in Livonia (1904) — Author — 90 copies
Mistress Branican (1891) — Author — 87 copies
Magellania (1897) — Author — 86 copies
The Sea Serpent (1960) — Author — 84 copies
Family Without a Name (1970) — Author — 83 copies
Into the Niger Bend (1914) — Author — 80 copies
The Will of an Eccentric (1899) — Author — 80 copies
The Jules Verne Omnibus (1931) 79 copies
The Kip Brothers (1985) — Author — 79 copies
The Demon of Cawnpore (1959) 78 copies
To the Sun? A Journey Through Planetary Space (1964) — Author — 76 copies
A Voyage Round the World [3/3] : New Zealand (1877) — Author — 74 copies
Salvage from the Cynthia (1885) — Author — 73 copies
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Contributor — 72 copies
L'Étonnante Aventure de la mission Barsac (1901) — Author — 71 copies
Captain Antifer (1894) — Author — 69 copies
Foundling Mick (1893) — Author — 65 copies
A Winter Amid the Ice (1874) — Author — 60 copies
Travel Scholarships (1902) — Author — 59 copies
Tigers and Traitors (1959) 59 copies
Abandoned : The Mysterious Island (2/3) (1909) — Author — 58 copies
Der Kurier des Zaren. - 1 (1876) — Author — 52 copies
Mysterious Island [2005 TV movie] (2005) — Author — 52 copies
Cinco semanas en globo ; y Martín Paz (2008) — Author — 49 copies
Clovis Dardentor (1897) — Author — 49 copies
Their Island Home (1923) 47 copies
Michel Strogoff Tome 2 (1876) — Author — 47 copies
The Castaways of the Flag (1924) 45 copies
Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson (1991) — Author — 44 copies
Master Zacharius (2005) — Author — 44 copies
Works of Jules Verne (1983) 43 copies
Backwards to Britain (1989) 43 copies
Second Year Ashore : Two Years' Vacation (2/2) (1900) — Author — 40 copies
The Thompson Travel Agency (1982) — Author — 40 copies
Un Descubrimiento Prodigioso (Spanish Edition) (1867) — Author — 35 copies
Adventures of the Rat Family (1989) — Author — 33 copies
A Voyage in a Balloon (1851) 32 copies
An Antarctic Mystery (1/2) (1900) — Author — 29 copies
The Eternal Adam (1967) — Author — 28 copies
A Floating City / The Blockade Runners (1872) — Author — 27 copies
The Flight to France (1887) — Author — 24 copies
Greatest Adventures (1966) 23 copies
Into the Abyss (1963) — Author — 23 copies
Das Land der Pelze Band 1. (1885) — Author — 22 copies
Keraban der Starrkopf. - 2 (1984) — Author — 20 copies
Die Jangada. - 2 (1881) — Author — 20 copies
Un capitán de quince años (1979) 19 copies
Texar the Southerner (1973) 18 copies
Das Land der Pelze. - 2 (1984) — Author — 17 copies
The Flight to France/(SS) Gil Braltar (1987) — Author — 17 copies
Mathias Sandorf (2/2) (1656) 17 copies
Los piratas del Halifax (1984) 16 copies
Travelling Circus (1966) 15 copies
Tour Du Monde En Jours Le Rayon Vert (1977) — Author — 15 copies
Mathias Sandorf (1/2) (1885) 15 copies
A Drama in the Air (SS) (1967) 14 copies
Reisestipendien Band 1 (1984) 14 copies
Mathias Sandorf (2/3) (1885) 14 copies
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, pt. 1 (1881) — Author — 14 copies
La isla misteriosa I (1982) 14 copies
Keraban der Starrkopf - Band 1, (1984) — Author — 13 copies
The Floating Island, pt. 1 (1984) 13 copies
Flood and Flame : Part Two of The Golden Volcano (1962) — Author — 13 copies
Mathias Sandorf (3/3) (1984) 12 copies
An Antarctic Mystery (2/2) (1984) 12 copies
Rejsen til månen (1978) 12 copies
Show on Ice (1961) 12 copies
The Floating Island, pt. 2 (1973) 11 copies
Clovis Dardentor y La invasión del mar (2008) — Author — 11 copies
Burbank the Northerner (1963) 11 copies
Mathias Sandorf (1/3) (1984) 11 copies
Het grote Jules Verne boek (1971) 11 copies
Reisestipendien Band 2 (1984) 10 copies
Der stolze Orinoco Band 1 (1984) — Author — 9 copies
Der stolze Orinoco. - 2 (1984) — Author — 9 copies
Jules Verne Collection (2020) 9 copies
Word Cloud Box Set: Brown (2015) 9 copies
Fritt-Flacc (2012) 9 copies
The Kip Brothers, pt. 2 (1984) 8 copies
Merkilliset matkat. 2 (1987) — Author — 8 copies
The Marriage of a Marquis (2011) 8 copies
Golden Danube (2014) — Author — 7 copies
Der Findling, Bd.2 - JVC 65 (1984) — Author — 7 copies
Pohjoista kohti (1978) 7 copies
a traves de la estepa (1974) 7 copies
Ein Drama in Mexico. (German Edition) (2010) — Author — 7 copies
Viaggi fantastici (2008) 7 copies
Uppror i Indien (1972) 7 copies
Clovis Dardentor. Secretul lui Wilhelm Storitz (2019) — Author — 6 copies
Cele 500 milioane ale Begumei. Sarpele de mare (2019) — Author — 6 copies
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino I (1982) — Author — 6 copies
Obras selectas (1985) — Author — 6 copies
Famosas novelas (1977) 6 copies
L'etoile du sud (1930) — Author — 6 copies
Le Chancelor - Martin Paz (1950) — Author — 6 copies
Second Country (2008) 6 copies
The Kip Brothers, pt. 1 (1984) 6 copies
Les romans de l'eau (2001) 6 copies
Des enfants sur les routes (1994) — Author — 6 copies
A Priest in 1839 (2001) — Author — 6 copies
Bandits & Rebels (2013) 5 copies
Edgar Poe y sus obras (2004) 5 copies
Talvi napajäissä (1978) 5 copies
Buzullar Arasinda Bir Kis (2020) 5 copies
Kapitein Nemo (1973) 5 copies
Mistress Branican ; Clovis Dardentor (1979) — Author — 5 copies
Satul aerian: Spărgătorii blocadei (2010) — Author — 5 copies
Selected Works 5 copies
Viagem ao Centro da Terra (2000) 5 copies
Ne Alti Var Ne Ustu (2002) 5 copies
Het stoomhuis (2016) 4 copies
Famosas novelas: 1 (1986) 4 copies
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours - L'Archipel en feu (2006) — Author — 4 copies
Miguel Strogoff (2009) 4 copies
El doctor Ox - Maese Zacarías (1996) — Author — 4 copies
Jules (1984) 4 copies
Histoires inattendues (1875) 4 copies
Jules Verne (1995) 4 copies
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea [1916 film] (1916) — Original book — 4 copies
Mr. Chimp & Other Plays (2011) 4 copies
Les indes noires le rayon vert — Author — 4 copies
The Storm 4 copies
Journey to the Center of the Earth [abridged] (1997) — Author — 4 copies
Gil Braltar (2004) — Author — 4 copies
Edom Frrit-Flakk Humbug (2003) 4 copies
Julio Verne (1991) 4 copies
Romans de la terre (2002) 4 copies
Jules Verne 4 copies
Doctorul Ox 4 copies
Strade senza uscita — Author — 4 copies
Le Rayon Vert - L'Invasion de la Mer (2007) — Author — 3 copies
Testament eines Exzentrikers / Der Goldvulkan (1968) — Author — 3 copies
An Express of the Future (2014) 3 copies
O život (1994) 3 copies
Un drama en los aires El doctor Ox (1988) — Author — 3 copies
HIJOS DEL CAPITAN GRANT (1979) 3 copies
Salaliitto (1978) 3 copies
Weltuntergangsgeschichten (1995) 3 copies
The Carpathian Castle (2013) 3 copies
Deux ans de vacances - Tome 01 (2018) — Contributor — 3 copies
MICHEL STROGOFF (2019) 3 copies
Michael Strogoff [1956 film] (2006) — Author — 3 copies
L'archipel en feu sans dessus dessous (1969) — Author — 3 copies
Romans du feu (2002) — Author — 3 copies
Stories and Novellas (2000) 3 copies
Los piratas del Halifax (1984) 3 copies
Jules Verne : Les romans de l'air (2001) — Author — 3 copies
Le Secret De Wilhelm Storitz Hier Et Demain (1968) — Author — 3 copies
Dünya'nin Ucundaki Fener (2021) 3 copies
Voyage au centre de la Terre (1864) — Author — 3 copies
Famosas novelas V (1976) 2 copies
Famosas novelas (1978) 2 copies
Rio abajo (1987) 2 copies
Obras. I 2 copies
Tvrdohlavý Turek (2023) 2 copies
L'Home invisible (1990) 2 copies
Die Wette des Mr. Fogg (1975) 2 copies
Dva Robinsoni (2023) 2 copies
Plovoucí ostrov (2018) 2 copies
Hombrecillo (1988) 2 copies
Por un billete de lotería (Joyas Literarias Juveniles) (1973) — Original from — 2 copies
Plující město (2022) 2 copies
Milionář na cestách (2022) 2 copies
Parisul în secolul XX (1995) 2 copies
El pueblo aereo (1991) 2 copies
A (1994) 2 copies
Um Padre Em 1839 (1996) 2 copies
Bougainville (2005) 2 copies
Der Kurier des Zaren (1975) 2 copies
HIJOS DEL CAPITAN GRANT (II), LOS (2007) — Author — 2 copies
The Omnibus 2 copies
Viaje al fin de la noche (2016) 2 copies
Die Eissphinx 2 (1985) 2 copies
Reis maakera südamesse (2003) 2 copies
Obras . Tomo 4 (1981) 2 copies
Kaptajn Grant børn (1974) 2 copies
Mysterious Document (1970) 2 copies
Dy vjet pushime 2 copies
Dueno del mundo 2 copies
Łowcy meteorów (1979) 2 copies
Découverte de la Terre (1992) 2 copies
Kétévi vakáció (1996) 2 copies
La Decouverte du Monde Seconde Partie — Author — 2 copies
Lo mejor de Julio Verne (1982) 2 copies
TIO ROBINSON 2 copies
Le Rayon vert. Face au drapeau (1967) — Author — 2 copies
JULES VERNE THE OMNIBUS (1931) 2 copies
Round the Moon (2004) 2 copies
The Mysterious Document (1964) 2 copies
To The Sun / Off On A Comet — Author — 2 copies
El naufragio del Cynthia (1991) 2 copies
Fortieth Ascent of Mount Blanc (2002) — Author — 2 copies
L'Invasion de la mer, suivi de Martin Paz (1996) — Author — 2 copies
Obras de Julio Verne (1981) 2 copies
Omnibus Deel 3 (1876) 2 copies
Chandrabhraman (2018) 1 copy
Deux ans de vacances (2018) — Contributor — 1 copy
Deux ans de vacances (2019) — Contributor — 1 copy
Michel Strogoff Tome 1 (1950) 1 copy
Les Índies negres (2022) 1 copy
Düslerin Efendisi (2015) 1 copy
Batik Gemi 1 copy
De la Terre à la Lune (2010) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Los Hermanos Kip (1976) 1 copy
Le tour du monde en 80 jours (2010) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Michel Strogoff En Bd JULES VERNE (2000) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Voyage au centre de la terre (2010) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Deux ans de vacances (2021) — Author — 1 copy
Keraban el testarudo (Joyas Literarias Juveniles) (1978) — Orginal from — 1 copy
Aventuras de César Cascabel (1974) — Original from — 1 copy
Clovis Dardentor (Joyas Literarias Juveniles) (1979) — Original from — 1 copy
Maitre zacharius (1995) 1 copy
Obras Inmortales (1970) 1 copy
Aventuras en Africa (1974) 1 copy
Cuentos 1 copy
Os nùfragos do ar (2003) 1 copy
La Casa De Vapor (1985) 1 copy
Viaje a la Luna (1973) 1 copy
El Rayo verde (1975) 1 copy
Un Drama en Livonia (1976) 1 copy
Viaje a la Luna Tomo 1 (2013) 1 copy
Um heroi de 15 anos (2005) 1 copy
TUNA KLAVUZU 1 copy
Cuentos de la Alhambra (2013) 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Michel Strogoff (A2) (2017) 1 copy
Triumf XIX. století (2000) 1 copy
Dobrodružná závěť (1995) 1 copy
Do středu Země (1997) 1 copy
Do Měsíce (1995) 1 copy
Plující ostrov (1999) 1 copy
Hra o dědictví (1999) 1 copy
Maskinön 1 copy
Denizde Bulunan Çocuk (2013) 1 copy
Un Expreso Del Futuro (1895) 1 copy
Dunavski peljar (1990) 1 copy
Kněz v roce 1839 (2019) 1 copy
Works of Jules Verne (2010) 1 copy
Viajes extraordinarios (1981) 1 copy
Klondike (2021) 1 copy
Bolid (2021) 1 copy
El tío Robinson (1901) 1 copy
Krásný žlutý Dunaj (2020) 1 copy
Strýček Robinson (2020) 1 copy
A k vrendelet (1997) 1 copy
End of the Journey (1965) 1 copy
Slavní dobyvatelé (1996) 1 copy
Meistererzählungen (1999) 1 copy
Poésies Inédites (1989) 1 copy
Into Space 1 copy
Wonderreizen 1 copy
Nouvelles de jeunesse (2005) 1 copy
Put na Mjesec (1989) 1 copy
Mathias Sandorf Tome II & Tome III — Author — 1 copy
San Carlos (2016) 1 copy
Sdor My Regy (1969) 1 copy
On the Track 1 copy
Un drame au Mexique (2017) 1 copy
Rubur the Conqueror (2009) 1 copy
Fatih Robur (2005) 1 copy
Adrift in Pacific (1964) 1 copy
Hier et demain (2015) 1 copy
O Doutor Ox 1 copy
Migel Strogoff (1998) 1 copy
Miguel Strogoff (1985) 1 copy
Mathias Sandorf 1 (1985) 1 copy
Obras III 1 copy
Obras II 1 copy
Dom na paru 1 copy
El poble aeri (2022) 1 copy
Güzel Sarı Tuna (2005) 1 copy
Martín Paz Indioa (1991) 1 copy
Récits retrouvés (2022) 1 copy
Ile Mysterieuse (2011) 1 copy
Un drama en los aires (1998) 1 copy
Dottor Ox (2019) 1 copy

Associated Works

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributor — 506 copies
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 396 copies
The Literary Cat (1977) — Contributor — 240 copies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1954 film] (1954) — Original book — 238 copies
A Century of Science Fiction (1962) — Contributor — 196 copies
Science Fiction Stories (1991) — Contributor — 183 copies
Around the World in 80 Days [2004 film] (2004) — Original book — 174 copies
Great Stories of the Sea & Ships (1940) — Contributor — 174 copies
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 170 copies
Great Tales of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 162 copies
Vampires, Wine, and Roses (1997) — Contributor — 157 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #1: From Gilgamesh to Wells (1977) — Contributor — 154 copies
Science Fiction Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2015) — Contributor — 139 copies
Around the World in 80 Days [1956 film] (1956) — Original book — 137 copies
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 8th Series (1959) — Contributor — 136 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 135 copies
The Antarktos Cycle (1999) — Contributor — 106 copies
Great Science Fiction Stories (1964) — Contributor — 103 copies
Journey to the Center of the Earth [1959 film] (1959) — Original book — 94 copies
French Short Stories (1998) — Contributor — 87 copies
The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics (1954) — Contributor — 75 copies
World's Great Adventure Stories (1929) — Contributor — 75 copies
Swords & Steam Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Contributor — 65 copies
Lost Worlds Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2017) — Contributor — 55 copies
In Search of the Castaways [1962 film] (1970) — Orignial book — 52 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #6: Around The World (1998) — Contributor — 47 copies
Mysterious Island [1961 film] (1961) — Origninal book — 47 copies
Beyond the Stars (Tales of Adventure in Time and Space) (1983) — Contributor — 45 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (1983) — Contributor — 43 copies
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Contributor — 41 copies
Visions of Tomorrow: An Interstellar Collection (1976) — Contributor — 34 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics (2012) — Contributor — 30 copies
Strange Lands: Short Stories (2020) — Contributor — 26 copies
Sail Away: Stories of Escaping to Sea (2001) — Contributor — 25 copies
The World's Greatest Books Volume 08 Fiction (1910) — Contributor — 24 copies
Roundup: A Nebraska Reader (1957) — Contributor — 21 copies
Master of the World [1961 film] (1961) — Original story — 18 copies
A Plunge Into Space (1890) — Preface — 14 copies
Science fiction through the ages 1 (1966) — Contributor, some editions — 14 copies
Invention for Destruction [1958 film] (2015) — Original novel — 14 copies
Around the World in 80 Days [2021 TV miniseries] (2021) — Original book — 10 copies
Escape Stories (1980) — Contributor — 9 copies
Saturn, July 1957 (Vol. 1, No. 3) (1957) — Contributor — 5 copies
Những chuyến du hành kì thú của Jules Verne (2013) — Contributor — 4 copies
To Shiver the Sky (2020) — Composer — 4 copies
Saturn, March 1957 (Vol. 1 ∙ No. 1) — Contributor — 3 copies
Valley of the Dragons [1961 film] (1961) — Original book — 3 copies
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City [1969 film] (1969) — Original book — 3 copies
Strange Signposts (Anthology 15-in-1) (1966) — Contributor — 3 copies
Marvel Classics Comics No. 4 (1973) — Story — 2 copies
Famosas novelas III (1984) — some editions — 2 copies
I ledige Timer. Tre og tyvende Bind — Author, some editions — 1 copy
Explorers of the Infinite (1963) — Contributor — 1 copy
Around The World In 80 Days — Story — 1 copy
Marvel Classics Comics No. 31 — Story — 1 copy
From the Earth to the Moon [1958 film] (1958) — Original novel — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Verne, Jules
Legal name
Verne, Jules Gabriel
Birthdate
1828-02-08
Date of death
1905-03-24
Burial location
Madeleine Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France
Gender
male
Nationality
French
Country (for map)
France
Birthplace
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France
Place of death
Amiens, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France
Cause of death
complications of diabetes
Places of residence
Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France (birth)
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Amiens, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France
Education
Saint Donatien College
Occupations
clerk
stockbroker
secretary
science fiction writer
Relationships
Verne, Michel (son)
Verne, Paul (brother)
Awards and honors
SF Hall Of Fame (Posthumous Inductee ∙ 1999)
Officier de la Légion d'honneur (1892)
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1870)
Short biography
Jules Verne was born at Nantes on the 8th of February 1828. After completing his studies at the Nantes lycée, he went to Paris to study for the bar. His first success as a writer was obtained with Cinq semaines en ballon. He was a member of the Legion of Honour. He died at Amiens on the 24th of March 1905. His posthumous works were edited by his son, Michel.

Jules Gabriel Verne 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).

Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation was markedly different in Anglophone regions where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has improved.

Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a title that has also been given to H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback.
Disambiguation notice
Verne's works in English (and other languages, for that matter) often have varied titles. Try here (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~gdevries/langu...) to identify title variations.

Many English translations are abridged in order to "improve" the story line.

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A translation of the classic novel. I read it as a child but cannot remember now whether it was the original or a version adapted for children. I've seen the 1960s film version, a cartoon version, and bits of the TV version but I still saw David Niven as Phileas Fogg in my mind's eye while reading.
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Paris au XXe siècle (Paris in the Twentieth Century, written around 1860, first published 1994) (1 volume) 38K words


Like "Backwards to Britain", Verne wrote this around 1860, when he still had not published any novels (although he had published some plays and stories). Again like "Backwards to Britain", the editor Hetzel rejected it, calling it lackluster and lifeless, so Verne set it aside and forgot about it, until it was rediscovered and published in 1994, close to a century after the author's death. Therefore, it's not part of the Extraordinary Voyages, and it lacks the editing and polishing that a novel would normally go through before publication.

While "Backwards to Britain" was a travelogue, "Paris in the Twentieth Century" is science fiction. It tells the story of a young man called Michel, who is finishing his studies in the year 1960, in a futuristic version of Paris (well, futuristic since the novel was written a century before that date). Being an orphan, he is poor and depends on the charity of unsympathetic relatives. Additionally, he possesses an artistic temperament, at a time when art is despised as unproductive, and only numbers, technology, commerce and profit are appreciated.

The premise reminded me of Verne's short story "In the Twenty-ninth Century: A Day in the Life of an American Journalist in 2889", included in the collection "Yesterday and Tomorrow". That short story showed us a day in the life of a far-future newspaper magnate. It was short on plot, and mostly a pretext to show us some technological and scientific wonders. In the case of "Paris in the Twentieth Century", the situation is somewhat similar: there is not much plot, and Verne's objective is showing us a possible future society. We see some important technological advances, but the emphasis in this case is sociological. Basically this 20th century society has completely abandoned the arts and humanities in favor of productivity.

This disregard about the arts goes to extremes that make this a distopia. Michel wins a prize for Latin poetry, but he is mocked and jeered at when he receives the award. Then he starts working in a bank, doing a job he hates. He meets some like-minded people, but ultimately this is a story of alienation and despair.

The conventional wisdom is that, as a young writer, Verne was optimistic about technological progress, and during the last part of his life he became more cautious and disillusioned. However, the fact that Verne wrote this at the very beginning of his career as a novelist goes to show the limitations of that conventional wisdom. This novel shows that a certain weariness about technological progress was already there. Perhaps the reason we do not see more of it in his works at this point is the influence of his editor, Hetzel, and, in general, commercial pressures.

So how good is this story? I found it interesting, at least most of it, but at the same time I can understand why Hetzel rejected it. It is very short for a novel (the only other Verne novel that can be compared in terms of length is "A Floating City"). However, the lack of a clear plot made me feel that it would have worked better as a novelette. There are some long dialogues about literature and the arts that may be a bit pretentious, and descriptions of the future Paris that went on for too long.

I liked reading it, and seeing Verne's ideas about the future, but it is not a thrilling story. A lot of his cultural concerns still seem relevant today. I was amused by the situation of the dramatic arts, where there was a public institute devoted to remaking and adapting classic works, while sucking all the individuality out of them... not that different from modern Hollywood, maybe? Some of the technology he describes is not that different from what was really available in 1960. It's not where I would advice you to start if you are new to Verne, however.


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Voyage à reculons en Angleterre et en Écosse (Backwards to Britain, written 1859, first published 1989) 57K words


This semi-autobiographical novel (not part of the Extraordinary Voyages) is an account of the journey to England and Scotland that Jules Verne and his friend Aristide Hignard made in 1859. Verne always had a fascination for Scotland, and set two of his extraordinary voyages there ("The Child of the Cavern" and "The Green Ray").

For the novel, Verne changed the names of the characters: he became Jacques Lavaret, while his friend Aristide became Jonathan Savournon. This allowed him to take some liberties with the story, exaggerating a few passages, but mostly it was a faithful depiction of their trip.

This was the first novel that Verne had ever written. He offered it to the publisher Hetzel, but it was rejected. Verne set the manuscript aside and never tried to publish it again, until it was discovered and published in 1989, 84 years after the author's death. Soon after rejecting this novel, however, Hetzel would accept another Verne manuscript, also a travel story, this one fictional, dealing with the more timely topics of ballooning and African exploration. Thus, "Five Weeks in a Balloon" would become Jules Verne's first published novel and the first Extraordinary Voyage.

But let's come back to "Backwards to Britain". The title comes from a change of plan during the trip, as the steamer that was to take the two friends to Liverpool was delayed several days and finally docked not in Saint-Nazaire as originally intended, but in Bordeaux, forcing the travellers to go south to meet it, in a direction opposite to their final destination (thus "backwards").

The tone of the novel is light and good-humored. Jacques (Verne) is enthusiastic and full of puppyish energy, while Jonathan (Hignard) is calmer. Because of this engaging tone, it is a pleasant read, even though it's not as funny as some later Verne novels.

Verne was always a great admirer of Walter Scott, and one of his main sources of pleasure when he gets to Scotland is seeing the locations of the great Scottish novelist. This romantic view of Scotland is also contrasted with its modern, technological present. The darker side of this modern development is also acknowledged, with the two friends being impressed during the English part of their voyage by the misery of the factory workers in Liverpool.

Verne's biases are in view: while he admires the energy and the technological ingenuity of the English, he likes the Scots better, no doubt influenced by the natural beauty of Scotland and the romantical image of it he has from Scott's novels. He also admires Dickens, but Scott captures his imagination more.

Several of Verne's Extraordinary Voyages also take the form of a travelogue and feature geographical descriptions, but they are spiced up by an adventure, which is something "Backwards to Britain" lacks. Since I particularly enjoy adventure stories, this novel felt a bit lightweight to me, pleasant enough but not as enjoyable as Verne's adventure stories. Even though the point of view of French travellers in Britain at the height of the Victorian era is interesting, this remains an obscure entry in Verne's bibliography, and will only be read by the most thorough Verne fans, or by those particularly interested in Scotland and England travelogues or in Walter Scott's settings.


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L'Epave du Cynthia (The Waif of the Cynthia, 1885) 71K words


This novel was published as cowritten by Jules Verne and Andre Laurie (pseudonym used by Paschal Grousset), but modern scholars believe the actual writing was done by Laurie and Verne's role was that of supervisor and corrector. It is not officially part of the Voyages Extraordinaires, although the edition and the type of story are similar. The story begins in Norway and eventually takes us on a sailing trip all around the Arctic Circle.


First read or reread?: First read for me.


What is it about?: Erik Hersebom is a Norwegian boy from a small fishing town, endowed with a remarkable intelligence. However, there is something else unusual about him: he does not have the characteristic physical features of the Scandinavian people. He looks like a Celt. Doctor Schwaryencrona takes him under his wing and finances his education. The doctor discovers that Erik was adopted by his family of Norwegian fishermen, after being saved from the sea when he was only a few months old, attached to a lifebuoy with the word "Cynthia". Once grown up, with the help of the Doctor, Erik will seek to elucidate the mystery of the sinking of the Cynthia to find a trace of his origins. This quest will lead him through the polar seas and Siberia.


I mentioned that this book is not part of the Extraordinary Voyages. You might wonder what this means exactly. OK, so this book was published as co-written by Verne and another writer, and nowadays scholars think the other writer probably did the actual writing. However, we have seen that the posthumous Extraordinary Voyages were modified by Michel Verne, with one of them ("The Thompson Travel Agency") possibly written by Michel alone. So then, why are those posthumous novels part of the Voyages, but not "The Waif of the Cynthia"?

The answer is that the Extraordinary Voyages is a series only in the sense that they were published with that label by Verne's publisher, Hetzel. "The Waif of the Cynthia" was also published by Hetzel, and the edition looks more or less similar to the ones used for Verne's Extraordinary Voyages. However, the publisher did not include it as part of the series, so that's why the posthumous novels and the two short story collections are part of the Voyages, while "The Waif of the Cynthia" isn't. Just a question of labels.

In my case, the collection of Verne novels that I have includes this novel, so I have also included it in my reading project. I have read it after the other novels, but actually it was published in 1885, in the middle of Verne's career.

So let's talk about the book. I have to say that I found it an enjoyable read. It's an adventure story, with a plot that wouldn't be out of place among the Extraordinary Voyages. The writing style was slightly different from Jules Verne's, which is something I did not notice in "The Thompson Travel Agency", for example.

It's not a huge difference, though, and I don't really mention it as a bad thing. There are fewer geographic descriptions, and more emotional content. There was more emphasis on the feelings of the characters, for example how Erik's adoptive family feels about his search for his biological family, and how Erik himself feels about it. Some moments are quite emotive, more than we would expect in a Verne story.

It wasn't a long novel (just one volume). I thought the pacing was good, and it kept me interested throughout. I did think at some point, when they were investigating by sending letters and discussing the responses, that I would like it if they actually travelled in person to investigate, but they quickly did just that, and once they did I have no complaint about the amount of adventure and exploring, in search of a disappeared sailor who might have relevant information. The novel reminded me a little of "In Search of the Castaways" because of the investigation element.

So the plot is very Verne-like, and the style, while not the exactly the same, is not that different. It's similar to Verne's adventure stories, without any speculative element.

One thing that was similar to Verne is how it foreshadows which characters are villains. This is something that is quite Verne-like. The character-related twists in Verne's novels often do not come as a surprise, which is something some modern readers complain about, but I have come to accept as part of his storytelling style.


Enjoyment factor: I enjoyed it. It was more emotional than most Extraordinary Voyages, but in terms of quality it was a good adventure story and it could have easily been part of the series, even if it wouldn't be among Verne's most innovative novels.
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