Jules Verne (1828-1905)

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Jules Verne (1828-1905) is a person.



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  • (Wikipedia, 2024) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne Retrieved:2024-8-5.
    • Jules Gabriel Verne (;[1]  ; 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,[2] a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.

      In addition to his novels, he wrote numerous plays, short stories, autobiographical accounts, poetry, songs, and scientific, artistic, and literary studies. His work has been adapted for film and television since the beginning of cinema, as well as for comic books, theater, opera, music and video games.

      Verne is considered to be an important 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 the Anglosphere 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.Jules Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking below Agatha Christie and above 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.[3] In the 2010s, he was the most translated French author in the world. In France, 2005 was declared "Jules Verne Year" on the occasion of the centenary of the writer's death.

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1. **Become a Successful Novelist
  - Context: Verne initially pursued a career in law but harbored a passion for literature.
  - Dream: To establish himself as a respected and widely-read author, able to support himself through his writing.
  - Example: In 1863, at age 35, Verne published "Five Weeks in a Balloon," his first successful novel, marking the beginning of his career as a full-time writer.
2. **Write Stories That Combine Adventure and Education
  - Context: Verne was fascinated by scientific and geographical discoveries of his time.
  - Dream: To create engaging stories that would both entertain readers and educate them about science and geography.
  - Example: In 1864, at age 36, Verne published "Journey to the Center of the Earth," a novel that blended adventure with geological and paleontological information.
3. **Achieve Recognition in French Literary Circles
  - Context: Verne started his career writing plays and librettos for operettas.
  - Dream: To gain acceptance and acclaim among the established literary figures of Paris.
  - Example: Throughout his career, Verne continued to write plays, such as "Journey Through the Impossible" (1882), demonstrating his desire for recognition beyond novel-writing.
4. **Create a Comprehensive Body of Work
  - Context: Verne had a contract with publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel to produce several volumes a year.
  - Dream: To create a vast collection of novels that would comprehensively explore the world and human knowledge.
  - Example: Verne's series "Extraordinary Voyages," which ultimately included 54 novels published between 1863 and 1905.
5. **Travel and Explore the World
  - Context: Many of Verne's novels featured extensive travels and explorations.
  - Dream: To personally experience some of the adventures he wrote about, travelling to distant lands and seas.
  - Example: In 1867, at age 39, Verne took a trip to the United States, visiting New York and Niagara Falls. He also owned three yachts successively and sailed around Europe.