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In 1886, Verne was shot in the leg by his mentally ill nephew and it left him disabled. This incident left him with a permanent limp. In his retirement years, he suffered with diabetes and he became partially blind in 1902. He died at his Amiens home in March of 1905. Jules Verne wrote close to 80 books during his lifetime.
Jul 18, 2024 · A Journey to the Center of the Earth, novel by prolific French author Jules Verne, published in 1864. It is the second book in his popular series Voyages extraordinaires, which contains novels that combine scientific facts with adventure fiction and laid the groundwork for science fiction.
Jul 17, 2018 · Jules Verne, widely regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction, wrote some of literature's most famous adventure novels, including seminal works like Journey to the Center of the Earth ...
Around the World in Eighty Days, travel adventure novel by French author Jules Verne, published serially in 1872 and in book form in 1873. Telling the story of the unflappable Phileas Fogg’s trip around the world to win a bet, it was the most widely popular of the Voyages extraordinaires series of novels.
Jules Verne, circa 1856. Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Most famous for his novel sequence, the Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne also wrote assorted short stories, plays, miscellaneous novels, essays, and poetry.
It was Jules Verne's fictional character, 'Philleas Fogg', who suggested that it might be possible to travel Around The World In 80 Days. But what about doing it in a Zero Emission yacht driven by electric hydro-jets?
Jules-Gabriel Verne (født 8. februar 1828 i Nantes i Frankrig, død 24. marts 1905 i Amiens) var en fransk forfatter.Han er kendt for at skrive om rejser i verdensrummet, i luften og under vand, længe før det var muligt.
