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Jules Verne Collected Novels
Librarian Note: Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN-10: 0890097992 / ISBN-13: 9780890097991.
This superb volume of classic science fiction and adventure represents the best of Jules Verne, the master of imaginative literature who has been called "The Father of Science Fiction". The stories in this volume are complete and unabridged-- the original novels as they were first published -- illustrated by hundreds of rare, exciting and atmospheric 19th century French engravings.
The books of Jules Verne created characters and formulated ideas which have stimulated and entertained countless readers since they first appeared. They have been the subject of films, radio dramatizations and have even been presented on ice! Read the originals now and one of the world's greatest ever story tellers will give you hours of pleasure and enjoyment.
Stories included are: Around the World in 80 Days, The Clipper of the Clouds, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. This volume makes an excellent gift for any reader, any lover of science fiction, or any collector of classic literature.
This superb volume of classic science fiction and adventure represents the best of Jules Verne, the master of imaginative literature who has been called "The Father of Science Fiction". The stories in this volume are complete and unabridged-- the original novels as they were first published -- illustrated by hundreds of rare, exciting and atmospheric 19th century French engravings.
The books of Jules Verne created characters and formulated ideas which have stimulated and entertained countless readers since they first appeared. They have been the subject of films, radio dramatizations and have even been presented on ice! Read the originals now and one of the world's greatest ever story tellers will give you hours of pleasure and enjoyment.
Stories included are: Around the World in 80 Days, The Clipper of the Clouds, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. This volume makes an excellent gift for any reader, any lover of science fiction, or any collector of classic literature.
838 pages, Hardcover
Published March 5, 2012
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About the author
Jules Verne
6,665 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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