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Jules Verne Collected Novels
Around the world in 80 days.
Clipper of the clouds.
Journey to the centre of the earth.
From the earth to the moon.
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea.
Clipper of the clouds.
Journey to the centre of the earth.
From the earth to the moon.
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea.
837 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1984
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About the author
Jules Verne
6,666 books12.2k followersNovels 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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
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December 21, 2025
To be clear, I haven't finished the entire tomb, just Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, I decided to read this due to Jules Verne's writings being referred to in both of the novels I just completed, Bedtime Stories by Joseph Blum and the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Although each came from very different backgrounds, the main characters in both stories had enjoyed Verne's writings while growing up, as I had, over 40 years ago. My thought was, time to read him again, and slip back to my teenage years, a time when I was joyously amazed by the stories and the imagery presented by adventure authors.
Most readers will be familiar with the common belief that Verne wrote of things not yet discovered or proven, as if they were, in some cases, standards of technology at the time. TV's, submarines, etc. I'm told the list is quite long. This great imagination allowed him to create stories, that after 150 years, are still incredibly enjoyable, and filled with mystery and suspense.
I should not have been surprised to find a story that was well written, had good character development, and has stood the test of time.
I hope it connects for you also.
Although each came from very different backgrounds, the main characters in both stories had enjoyed Verne's writings while growing up, as I had, over 40 years ago. My thought was, time to read him again, and slip back to my teenage years, a time when I was joyously amazed by the stories and the imagery presented by adventure authors.
Most readers will be familiar with the common belief that Verne wrote of things not yet discovered or proven, as if they were, in some cases, standards of technology at the time. TV's, submarines, etc. I'm told the list is quite long. This great imagination allowed him to create stories, that after 150 years, are still incredibly enjoyable, and filled with mystery and suspense.
I should not have been surprised to find a story that was well written, had good character development, and has stood the test of time.
I hope it connects for you also.
September 19, 2012
It is a decent collection of his more well known books but his writing is a bit dry in spots as far as scientifically classifying almost every creature he encounters. These are books I wanted to read but now that I have I will most likely not bother to reread them. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and the flying ship one were suspiciously similar.
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