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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.

(ger) Die Werke Vernes haben im Deutschen und in anderen Übersetzungen oft wechselnde Titel. Um Titel zu identifizieren, bitte hier (http://www.phys.uu.nl/~gdevries/langu...) nachschlagen.

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Series

Works by Jules Verne

20,000 Leagues under the Sea (1870) 18,455 copies
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) — Author — 17,148 copies
Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864) — Author — 14,896 copies
The Mysterious Island (1874) 4,773 copies
From the Earth to the Moon (1865) — Author — 2,900 copies
Michael Strogoff (1876) — Author — 1,829 copies
Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) 1,524 copies
Paris in the Twentieth Century (1860) — Author — 905 copies
Round the Moon (1870) — Author — 883 copies
From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon (1865) — Author — 791 copies
Seven Novels (1863) — Author — 720 copies
Master of the World (1904) — Author — 715 copies
The Castle of the Carpathians (1892) — Author — 622 copies
Two Years' Vacation (1888) — Author — 617 copies
Dick Sands: A Captain at Fifteen (1878) — Author — 593 copies
The Begum's Millions (1879) — Author — 484 copies
The Child of the Cavern (1877) — Author — 477 copies
Robur the Conqueror (1886) — Author — 442 copies
An Antarctic Mystery (1897) — Author — 392 copies
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1866) — Author — 384 copies
El faro del fin del mundo (1905) — Author — 381 copies
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (1881) — Author — 361 copies
Godfrey Morgan (1882) — Author — 344 copies
Off on a Comet (1877) — Author — 333 copies
Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (1879) — Author — 306 copies
The Green Ray (1882) — Author — 291 copies
The Survivors of the Chancellor (1875) — Author — 245 copies
In the Year 2889 (1889) — Author — 243 copies
Facing the Flag (1896) — Author — 241 copies
A Fantasy of Dr. Ox (1872) — Author — 239 copies
The Purchase of the North Pole (1890) — Author — 230 copies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Part 1/2 (1869) — Author — 214 copies
The Vanished Diamond (1884) — Author — 213 copies
A Floating City (1870) — Author — 195 copies
Mathias Sandorf (1885) — Author — 188 copies
Propeller Island (1895) — Author — 186 copies
The Fur Country (1873) — Author — 183 copies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Part 2/2 (1870) — Author — 173 copies
The Archipelago on Fire (1884) — Author — 158 copies
Keraban the Inflexible (1883) 157 copies
The Village in the Treetops (1901) — Author — 146 copies
North Against South (1887) — Author — 138 copies
The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (1910) — Author — 136 copies
The Mighty Orinoco (1898) — Author — 136 copies
The Steam House (1880) — Author — 135 copies
The English at the North Pole (1866) — Author — 130 copies
The Mysterious Island (1/2) (1959) — Author — 130 copies
The Blockade Runners (1865) — Author — 126 copies
The Mysterious Island (2/2) (1875) — Author — 121 copies
The Desert of Ice (1866) — Author — 120 copies
The Golden Volcano (1906) — Author — 119 copies
The Lottery Ticket (1886) — Author — 118 copies
Invasion of the Sea (1935) — Author — 109 copies
Danube Pilot (1955) — Author — 109 copies
Robur the Conqueror / Master of the World (1904) — Author — 106 copies
Yesterday and Tomorrow (1965) 103 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 — 93 copies
A Drama in Livonia (1904) — Author — 89 copies
Mistress Branican (1891) — Author — 86 copies
Magellania (1897) — Author — 84 copies
Family Without a Name (1970) — Author — 83 copies
The Sea Serpent (1960) — Author — 81 copies
Into the Niger Bend (1914) — Author — 80 copies
The Will of an Eccentric (1899) — Author — 79 copies
The Jules Verne Omnibus (1931) 79 copies
The Kip Brothers (1985) — Author — 78 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 — 72 copies
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Contributor — 71 copies
L'Étonnante Aventure de la mission Barsac (1901) — Author — 70 copies
Captain Antifer (1894) — Author — 67 copies
Foundling Mick (1893) — Author — 63 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
Clovis Dardentor (1897) — Author — 48 copies
Cinco semanas en globo ; y Martín Paz (2008) — Author — 48 copies
Their Island Home (1923) 47 copies
Michel Strogoff Tome 2 (1876) — Author — 47 copies
The Castaways of the Flag (1924) 44 copies
Master Zacharius (2005) — Author — 44 copies
Works of Jules Verne (1983) 43 copies
Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson (1861) — Author — 43 copies
Backwards to Britain (1989) 42 copies
The Thompson Travel Agency (1982) — Author — 40 copies
Second Year Ashore : Two Years' Vacation (2/2) (1900) — Author — 40 copies
Un Descubrimiento Prodigioso (Spanish Edition) (1867) — Author — 34 copies
Adventures of the Rat Family (1989) — Author — 32 copies
A Voyage in a Balloon (1851) 31 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
Greatest Adventures (1966) 23 copies
The Flight to France (1887) — Author — 23 copies
Into the Abyss (1963) — Author — 22 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) 15 copies
Mathias Sandorf (1/2) (1885) 15 copies
Tour Du Monde En Jours Le Rayon Vert (1977) — Author — 15 copies
Travelling Circus (1966) 15 copies
Reisestipendien Band 1 (1984) 14 copies
Mathias Sandorf (2/3) (1885) 14 copies
La isla misteriosa I (1982) 14 copies
A Drama in the Air (SS) (1967) 14 copies
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, pt. 1 (1881) — Author — 14 copies
The Floating Island, pt. 1 (1984) 13 copies
Flood and Flame : Part Two of The Golden Volcano (1962) — Author — 13 copies
Keraban der Starrkopf - Band 1, (1984) — Author — 13 copies
Rejsen til månen (1978) 12 copies
An Antarctic Mystery (2/2) (1984) 12 copies
Show on Ice (1961) 12 copies
Mathias Sandorf (3/3) (1984) 12 copies
Mathias Sandorf (1/3) (1984) 11 copies
Burbank the Northerner (1963) 11 copies
Het grote Jules Verne boek (1971) 11 copies
The Floating Island, pt. 2 (1973) 11 copies
Clovis Dardentor y La invasión del mar (2008) — Author — 11 copies
Reisestipendien Band 2 (1984) 10 copies
Word Cloud Box Set: Brown (2015) 9 copies
Der stolze Orinoco. - 2 (1984) — Author — 9 copies
Der stolze Orinoco Band 1 (1984) — Author — 9 copies
Jules Verne Collection (2020) 9 copies
Fritt-Flacc (2012) 9 copies
The Marriage of a Marquis (2011) 8 copies
Merkilliset matkat. 2 (1987) — Author — 8 copies
The Kip Brothers, pt. 2 (1984) 8 copies
Golden Danube (2014) — Author — 7 copies
Viaggi fantastici (2008) 7 copies
Ein Drama in Mexico. (German Edition) (2010) — Author — 7 copies
Uppror i Indien (1972) 7 copies
Der Findling, Bd.2 - JVC 65 (1984) — Author — 7 copies
a traves de la estepa (1974) 7 copies
Pohjoista kohti (1978) 7 copies
L'etoile du sud (1930) — Author — 6 copies
A Priest in 1839 (2001) — Author — 6 copies
Famosas novelas (1977) 6 copies
Clovis Dardentor. Secretul lui Wilhelm Storitz (2019) — Author — 6 copies
Cele 500 milioane ale Begumei. Sarpele de mare (2019) — Author — 6 copies
Les romans de l'eau (2001) 6 copies
Le Chancelor - Martin Paz (1950) — Author — 6 copies
The Kip Brothers, pt. 1 (1984) 6 copies
Second Country (2008) 6 copies
Des enfants sur les routes (1994) — Author — 6 copies
Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino I (1982) — Author — 6 copies
Viagem ao Centro da Terra (2000) 5 copies
Bandits & Rebels (2013) 5 copies
Obras selectas (1985) — Author — 5 copies
Ne Alti Var Ne Ustu (2002) 5 copies
Kapitein Nemo (1973) 5 copies
Buzullar Arasinda Bir Kis (2020) 5 copies
Talvi napajäissä (1978) 5 copies
Selected Works 5 copies
Edgar Poe y sus obras (2004) 5 copies
Satul aerian: Spărgătorii blocadei (2010) — Author — 5 copies
Jules (1984) 4 copies
Miguel Strogoff (2009) 4 copies
Romans de la terre (2002) 4 copies
Jules Verne (1995) 4 copies
Jules Verne 4 copies
Journey to the Center of the Earth [abridged] (1997) — Author — 4 copies
Julio Verne (1991) 4 copies
Het stoomhuis (2016) 4 copies
Les indes noires le rayon vert — Author — 4 copies
El doctor Ox - Maese Zacarías (1996) — Author — 4 copies
Mistress Branican ; Clovis Dardentor (1979) — Author — 4 copies
Famosas novelas: 1 (1986) 4 copies
Mr. Chimp & Other Plays (2011) 4 copies
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours - L'Archipel en feu (2006) — Author — 4 copies
Doctorul Ox 4 copies
Gil Braltar (2004) — Author — 4 copies
Strade senza uscita — Author — 4 copies
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea [1916 film] (1916) — Original book — 4 copies
Edom Frrit-Flakk Humbug (2003) 4 copies
Histoires inattendues (1875) 4 copies
Testament eines Exzentrikers / Der Goldvulkan (1968) — Author — 3 copies
Le Rayon Vert - L'Invasion de la Mer (2007) — Author — 3 copies
HIJOS DEL CAPITAN GRANT (1979) 3 copies
Dünya'nin Ucundaki Fener (2021) 3 copies
Michael Strogoff [1956 film] (2006) — Author — 3 copies
MICHEL STROGOFF 3 copies
Los piratas del Halifax (1984) 3 copies
An Express of the Future (2014) 3 copies
Un drama en los aires El doctor Ox (1988) — Author — 3 copies
Salaliitto (1978) 3 copies
O život (1994) 3 copies
Voyage au centre de la Terre (1864) — Author — 3 copies
Deux ans de vacances - Tome 01 (2018) — Contributor — 3 copies
L'archipel en feu sans dessus dessous (1969) — Author — 3 copies
Weltuntergangsgeschichten (1995) 3 copies
Stories and Novellas (2000) 3 copies
Romans du feu (2002) — Author — 3 copies
The Storm 3 copies
Jules Verne : Les romans de l'air (2001) — Author — 3 copies
The Carpathian Castle (2013) 3 copies
Le Secret De Wilhelm Storitz Hier Et Demain (1968) — Author — 3 copies
Por un billete de lotería (Joyas Literarias Juveniles) (1973) — Original from — 2 copies
Hombrecillo (1988) 2 copies
Lo mejor de Julio Verne (1982) 2 copies
Rio abajo (1987) 2 copies
Obras. I 2 copies
El naufragio del Cynthia (1991) 2 copies
L'Home invisible (1990) 2 copies
Famosas novelas V (1976) 2 copies
Dueno del mundo 2 copies
Famosas novelas (1978) 2 copies
Die Wette des Mr. Fogg (1975) 2 copies
The Omnibus 2 copies
Plovoucí ostrov (2018) 2 copies
Die Eissphinx 2 (1985) 2 copies
Milionář na cestách (2022) 2 copies
Plující město (2022) 2 copies
Parisul în secolul XX (1995) 2 copies
Bougainville (2005) 2 copies
A (1994) 2 copies
Um Padre Em 1839 (1996) 2 copies
La Decouverte du Monde Seconde Partie — Author — 2 copies
El pueblo aereo (1991) 2 copies
Fortieth Ascent of Mount Blanc (2002) — Author — 2 copies
Der Kurier des Zaren (1975) 2 copies
HIJOS DEL CAPITAN GRANT (II), LOS (2007) — Author — 2 copies
Viaje al fin de la noche (2016) 2 copies
TIO ROBINSON 2 copies
Obras . Tomo 4 (1981) 2 copies
Omnibus Deel 3 (1876) 2 copies
L'Invasion de la mer, suivi de Martin Paz (1996) — Author — 2 copies
Kétévi vakáció (1996) 2 copies
JULES VERNE THE OMNIBUS (1931) 2 copies
Découverte de la Terre (1992) 2 copies
To The Sun / Off On A Comet — Author — 2 copies
Round the Moon (2004) 2 copies
The Mysterious Document (1964) 2 copies
Łowcy meteorów (1979) 2 copies
Dva Robinsoni (2023) 2 copies
Obras de Julio Verne (1981) 2 copies
Mysterious Document (1970) 2 copies
Reis maakera südamesse (2003) 2 copies
Tvrdohlavý Turek (2023) 2 copies
Dy vjet pushime 2 copies
Kaptajn Grant børn (1974) 2 copies
Le Rayon vert. Face au drapeau (1967) — Author — 2 copies
Maitre zacharius (1995) 1 copy
Cuentos de la Alhambra (2013) 1 copy
TUNA KLAVUZU 1 copy
Düslerin Efendisi (2015) 1 copy
Wonderreizen 1 copy
Los Hermanos Kip (1976) 1 copy
Le tour du monde en 80 jours (2010) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Deux ans de vacances (2018) — Contributor — 1 copy
Deux ans de vacances (2019) — Contributor — 1 copy
Michel Strogoff En Bd JULES VERNE (2000) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
De la Terre à la Lune (2010) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Voyage au centre de la terre (2010) — Auteur illustré — 1 copy
Keraban el testarudo (Joyas Literarias Juveniles) (1978) — Orginal from — 1 copy
Clovis Dardentor (Joyas Literarias Juveniles) (1979) — Original from — 1 copy
Aventuras de César Cascabel (1974) — Original from — 1 copy
Michel Strogoff Tome 1 (1950) 1 copy
Les Índies negres (2022) 1 copy
Nouvelles de jeunesse (2005) 1 copy
La Casa De Vapor (1985) 1 copy
Into Space 1 copy
Un Drama en Livonia (1976) 1 copy
El Rayo verde (1975) 1 copy
Viaje a la Luna (1973) 1 copy
Racconti 1 copy
Um heroi de 15 anos (2005) 1 copy
Chandrabhraman (2018) 1 copy
Os nùfragos do ar (2003) 1 copy
Cuentos 1 copy
Meistererzählungen (1999) 1 copy
Michel Strogoff (A2) (2017) 1 copy
Obras Inmortales (1970) 1 copy
Viaje a la Luna Tomo 1 (2013) 1 copy
Poésies Inédites (1989) 1 copy
Slavní dobyvatelé (1996) 1 copy
Aventuras en Africa (1974) 1 copy
Viajes extraordinarios (1981) 1 copy
A k vrendelet (1997) 1 copy
Works of Jules Verne (2010) 1 copy
Kněz v roce 1839 (2019) 1 copy
Dom na paru 1 copy
Mathias Sandorf 1 (1985) 1 copy
Bolid (2021) 1 copy
Strýček Robinson (2020) 1 copy
Krásný žlutý Dunaj (2020) 1 copy
El tío Robinson (1901) 1 copy
Klondike (2021) 1 copy
Miguel Strogoff (1985) 1 copy
Put na Mjesec (1989) 1 copy
Denizde Bulunan Çocuk (2013) 1 copy
Un Expreso Del Futuro (1895) 1 copy
On the Track 1 copy
San Carlos (2016) 1 copy
Sdor My Regy (1969) 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
Triumf XIX. století (2000) 1 copy
Dunavski peljar (1990) 1 copy
Mathias Sandorf Tome II & Tome III — Author — 1 copy
Maskinön 1 copy
Hier et demain (2015) 1 copy
End of the Journey (1965) 1 copy
Fatih Robur (2005) 1 copy
Adrift in Pacific (1964) 1 copy
Dottor Ox (2019) 1 copy
El poble aeri (2022) 1 copy
O Doutor Ox 1 copy
Migel Strogoff (1998) 1 copy
Obras III 1 copy
Obras II 1 copy
Güzel Sarı Tuna (2005) 1 copy
Un drame au Mexique (2017) 1 copy
Rubur the Conqueror (2009) 1 copy
Récits retrouvés (2022) 1 copy
Ile Mysterieuse (2011) 1 copy
Un drama en los aires (1998) 1 copy
Martín Paz Indioa (1991) 1 copy

Associated Works

Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributor — 501 copies
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 394 copies
The Literary Cat (1977) — Contributor — 241 copies
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [1954 film] (1954) — Original book — 237 copies
A Century of Science Fiction (1962) — Contributor — 194 copies
Science Fiction Stories (1991) — Contributor — 182 copies
Great Stories of the Sea & Ships (1940) — Contributor — 174 copies
Around the World in 80 Days [2004 film] (2004) — Original book — 171 copies
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 168 copies
Great Tales of Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 161 copies
Vampires, Wine, and Roses (1997) — Contributor — 156 copies
The Road to Science Fiction #1: From Gilgamesh to Wells (1977) — Contributor — 151 copies
Science Fiction Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2015) — Contributor — 138 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 — 135 copies
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010) — Contributor — 134 copies
The Antarktos Cycle (1999) — Contributor — 105 copies
Great Science Fiction Stories (1964) — Contributor — 103 copies
Journey to the Center of the Earth [1959 film] (1959) — Original book — 93 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 — 63 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
Beyond the Stars (Tales of Adventure in Time and Space) (1983) — Contributor — 45 copies
Mysterious Island [1961 film] (1961) — Origninal book — 45 copies
The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces (1983) — Contributor — 43 copies
Endless Apocalypse Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2018) — Contributor — 40 copies
Visions of Tomorrow: An Interstellar Collection (1976) — Contributor — 33 copies
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics (2012) — Contributor — 30 copies
Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — 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
Invention for Destruction [1958 film] (2015) — Original novel — 14 copies
Science fiction through the ages 1 (1966) — Contributor, some editions — 14 copies
Escape Stories (1980) — Contributor — 9 copies
Around the World in 80 Days [2021 TV miniseries] (2021) — Original book — 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
Valley of the Dragons [1961 film] (1961) — Original book — 3 copies
Captain Nemo and the Underwater City [1969 film] (1969) — Original book — 3 copies
Saturn, March 1957 (Vol. 1 ∙ No. 1) — Contributor — 3 copies
Strange Signposts (Anthology 15-in-1) (1966) — Contributor — 3 copies
Famosas novelas III (1984) — some editions — 2 copies
Around The World In 80 Days — Story — 1 copy
Explorers of the Infinite (1963) — Contributor — 1 copy
I ledige Timer. Tre og tyvende Bind — Author, some editions — 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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Reviews

This review is exclusively for the Barnes & Noble leatherbound omnibus collection of Verne's work. The actual work is astounding - Verne was one of the most imaginative writers of all time and his work is wonderful.

The problem with this omnibus edition, as nice as it is, is that the translation included for 20,000 Leagues is the absolutely awful, botched Lewis Page Mercier translation, probably included because it is public domain. This translation cuts almost a quarter of the book and is full of nonstop translation errors large and small. It's infamous for butchering the novel.

The rest of the translations are fine, but for 20,000 Leagues you'll want to separately get a better version of the book. F.P. Walter is generally a good choice, most recently in 2010 with newly revised version of his 1991 translation of 20,000 Leagues in a five-novel omnibus. An earlier version of Walter's translation is available in a very nice hardcover from Seawolf Press that also includes magazine illustrations from the early 1900s.
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rkosarko | 1 other review | May 8, 2024 |
I had a completely different impression of Twenty Thousand Leagues prior to reading it (I’d been imagining battles with sea monsters very deep in the ocean). I’m glad I read this, but could have done without so many descriptions of fishes. Part were funny, and parts were exciting; overall I see why it’s good but I don’t think it’s one I’ll return to.
 
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dinahmine | 253 other reviews | May 6, 2024 |
I was probably about 8 years old when I watched the 1954 movie based on this book (mind you, I'm not saying I 8 in 1954!). I was wrong to allow the boredom it inflicted on me to influence me against reading it for so long. It wasn’t until Marie Laure’s enthusiasm for it in, “All the Light We Cannot See” that I reconsidered---and now, having read it, or rather, listened to the marvelous narration of Michael Prichard, I completely understand how it has stood the test of time, AND I’ve gained a greater understanding of “All the Light We Cannot See”.
(I'm not certain this is the translation I listened to because Tantor Media doesn't indicate the translator.)
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TraSea | 253 other reviews | Apr 29, 2024 |
#545 in our old book database. Not rated.
 
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