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Jules Gabriel Verne 1828-1905) was a French Breton author who pioneered the science-fiction genre and is best known for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Two Years' Holiday tells the story of a group of schoolboys stranded on a deserted island in the South Pacific and their struggles to overcome adversity.
Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) is considered by many the father of science fiction. Born in Nantes, France, he studied law but turned to writing opera libretti until the 1863 publication of Five Weeks in a Balloon, the first of his Extraordinary Voyages series. Its success encouraged him to produce a number of classic and prophetic science fiction novels, including Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. His stories foresaw many scientific and technological developments, including the submarine, television, and space travel.
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