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Jules Verne

Born

in Nantes, France

February 08, 1828

Died

March 24, 1905

Genre

Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Influences

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Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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Average rating: 3.89 · 1,119,803 ratings · 54,764 reviews · 6,361 distinct works • Similar authors

	Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 281,679 ratings — published 1872 — 210 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 3.89 avg rating — 275,929 ratings — published 1869 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 224,353 ratings — published 1864 — 4784 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Island 4.13 avg rating — 58,990 ratings — published 1875 — 1319 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Earth to the Moon 3.75 avg rating — 39,151 ratings — published 1865 — 174 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Five Weeks in a Balloon 3.75 avg rating — 25,976 ratings — published 1863 — 464 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant 4.07 avg rating — 14,745 ratings — published 1867 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels 3.88 avg rating — 15,069 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miguel Strogoff 3.93 avg rating — 10,832 ratings — published 1876 — 1800 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Calico Illustrated Classics Set 3) by Jules Verne, Eric Scott Fisher (Illustrator), Jan Fields (Adapter) 3.98 avg rating — 8,204 ratings — published 1977 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Capitaine Nemo (3 books)
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Jordan Stump (Translation),

Sestilio Montanelli (Translator)

3.94 avg rating — 351,690 ratings

Les Enfants du capitaine Grant (3 volumes) (3 books)
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Jules Verne

4.06 avg rating — 16,351 ratings

Robur (2 books)
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1stworld Library (Editor)

3.47 avg rating — 5,174 ratings

La Jangada (The Giant Raft) (2 books)
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3.71 avg rating — 2,324 ratings

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (2 volumes) (2 books)
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Jules Verne,

Mehveş Sorkun (Translator)

3.96 avg rating — 2,110 ratings

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