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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 · 1,064,402 ratings · 50,203 reviews · 6,440 distinct works • Similar authors

	Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 266,121 ratings — published 1872 — 7225 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
	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 265,213 ratings — published 1869 — 2825 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 — 212,736 ratings — published 1864 — 1084 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 — 56,585 ratings — published 1874 — 2415 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 — 37,518 ratings — published 1865 — 2 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 — 25,063 ratings — published 1863 — 1405 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 — 13,794 ratings — published 1867 — 1070 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 3.88 avg rating — 13,255 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 — 10,405 ratings — published 1876 — 1784 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 3.95 avg rating — 7,559 ratings — published 1878 — 964 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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