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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 · 1,019,082 ratings · 47,178 reviews · 6,577 distinct works • Similar authors

	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 256,968 ratings — published 1869 — 7022 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
	Around the World in Eighty Days 3.94 avg rating — 252,103 ratings — published 1872 — 7194 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 — 203,878 ratings — published 1864 — 39 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 (Captain Nemo, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 54,845 ratings — published 1874 — 48 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 3.76 avg rating — 33,247 ratings — published 1865 — 2255 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 3.76 avg rating — 24,416 ratings — published 1863 — 1345 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 (Captain Nemo, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 13,241 ratings — published 1867 — 1049 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 3.89 avg rating — 11,990 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 — 9,921 ratings — published 1876 — 1659 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
	Dick Sands the Boy Captain 3.94 avg rating — 7,261 ratings — published 1878 — 231 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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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne 1865, 136 pages

98 votes, 30.0%

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The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous -1750, 120 pages

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Adam Bede by George Eliot 1859, 624 pages

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