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"He lived alone, and so to speak, outside of every social relation; and as he knew that in this world account must be taken of friction, and that friction retards, he never rubbed against anybody" (Around the World in Eighty Days)

Jules Verne was born to family of a seafaring and legal beackground in Nantes in 1828, where he was also educated. He studied to become a lawyer in Paris between 1847 and 1849 and married Honorine de Vione in 1857 before setting off on various trips to England, Scotland and New York. Verne suffered misfortune aplenty. Not only was shot in the foot by his insane nephew so that he walked with a limp for the rest of his life but he also underwent a series of attacks of facial paralysis. Nonetheless the writer had the good fortune to be elected councillor in Amiens in 1888 to be re-elected repeatedly until the early 1900s.

Verne is famous for popularising science in a number of vividly imagined and often visionary adventure stories. His first success as a writer was with Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863). The author is best known now for his Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864) which is fairly self-explanatory in concept; The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1866), about a polar expedition; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), about Captain Nemo and his submarine "Nautilus". Most famous of all his novels, though, is Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). This story concerned, as the title suggests, the traversing of the world in miraculously fast time (on a bet) of a certain quiet and refined English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, and his valet Passepartout.

Verne's special talent was for writing books that explored the new sense that anything could be done in the nineteenth century particularly as regards transport. By providing logical and seemingly possible ways of exploring in fiction the ends of the earth from every viewpoint, Verne was one of the first writers of science fiction. He takes us to extremes without allowing them ever to seem implausible. However, with this exploration in mind, Verne rarely bothers with more than surface characterisation and tends instead to rely on comical stereotypes. Worse for the modern reader is that Verne's heroes are always male and go about their scientifical explorations with no money troubles and no women. They are, however, rollicking jaunts through the exciting possibilities presented by the constraints of earthly life.


1. Long [100154 words]Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
2. Very Long [382634 words]The First Jules Verne Omnibus: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Mysterious Island; From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne [Science Fiction]
3. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
4. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne [Classic Literature/Science Fiction]
5. Long [90920 words]Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
6. Long [73112 words]Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
7. The Blockade Runners by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
8. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne & George M. Towle [Classic Literature]
9. Long [62781 words]*Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
10. Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
  1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne [Classic Literature/Science Fiction]
2. Long [100154 words]Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
3. Long [73112 words]Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
4. Long [62781 words]*Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
5. Long [90920 words]Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
6. Long [90440 words]From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
7. *Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]
8. Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne [Classic Literature]

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1 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [MultiFormat]
by Jules Verne
  Jules Verne was one of the earliest science fiction writers. He based his stories on the inventions of the day and made educated projections of future technologies. Like the best science fiction writers he did not let technology overtake his story or his characters. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Verne created the character of Captain Nemo and his submarine vessel the Nautilus. An entire ecosystem under the sea was shown by Verne and he showed how men could live in this environment. After read... more info>> 1873

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2 The First Jules Verne Omnibus: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; The Mysterious Island; From the Earth to the Moon [MultiFormat]
by Jules Verne
  THREE CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION GREATS IN ONE EBOOK! Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, From the earth to the Moon in one eBook--for one low price. Here are three legendary science fiction novels by the father of futuristic prediction, Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues tells of the Nautilus, the first submarine, helmed by Nemo, a vengeful scientist who hates war and munitions manufacturers. The Mysterious Island brings a group of castaways face to face with a dying Ne... more info>>

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3 Journey to the Center of the Earth [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tale delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet.
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4 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Jules Verne
  An American frigate, tracking down a ship-sinking monster, faces not a living creature but an incredible invention--a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Suddenly a devastating explosion leaves just three survivors, who find themselves prisoners inside Nemo's death ship on an underwater odyssey around the world from the pearl-laden waters of Ceylon to the icy dangers of the South Pole ... as Captain Nemo, one of the greatest villians ever created, takes his revenge on a... more info>>
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5 Five Weeks in a Balloon [MultiFormat]
by Jules Verne
  The debut novel from Jules Verne, originally published in 1869. This is the work that established his reputation. Originally planned for a children's magazine, this story about traveling in balloons across Africa resonates in Verne's later works and contains all his fondly remembered themes. 1869

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6 Journey to the Centre of the Earth [MultiFormat]
by Jules Verne
  When Axel deciphers an old parchment that describes a secret passage through a volcano to the centre of the earth, nothing will stop his eccentric Uncle Lidenbrock from setting out at once. So, with silent Hans the guide, the two men embark on a perilous, astonishing, terrifying journey through the subterranean world--the most incredible voyage ever! 1872

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7 The Blockade Runners [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  The Clyde was the first river whose waters were lashed into foam by a steam-boat. It was in 1812 when the steamer called the Comet ran between Glasgow and Greenock, at the speed of six miles an hour. Since that time more than a million of steamers or packet-boats have plied this Scotch river, and the inhabitants of Glasgow must be as familiar as any people with the wonders of steam navigation.
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8 Dick Sands the Boy Captain [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  A Jules Verne classic.
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9 Claudius Bombarnac [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
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  A Jules Verne classic.
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10 Facing the Flag [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
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  A Jules Verne classic.
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11 Topsy-Turvy [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
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  A Jules Verne classic.
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12 Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  A Jules Verne classic.
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13 The Master of the World [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  If I speak of myself in this story, it is because I have been deeply involved in its startling events, events doubtless among the most extraordinary which this twentieth century will witness. Sometimes I even ask myself if all this has really happened, if its pictures dwell in truth in my memory, and not merely in my imagination. In my position as head inspector in the federal police department at Washington, urged on moreover by the desire, which has always been very strong in me, to investigat... more info>>
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14 Robur the Conqueror [MultiFormat]
by Jules Verne
  They laughed at his ideas of heavier-than-air flying machines. But he had the last laugh with the Albatross--the most incredible flying machine ever built. Lord of the skies, Robur became the would-be conqueror of the world! A fascinating companion to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Robur the Conqueror explores many of the same themes. The Wildside Press edition contains a newly revised version of the first English-language translation. (Revisions by Dainis Bisenieks and John Gregory Betancourt.) 1893

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15 Around the World in Eighty Days [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  In this classic adventure story, a wealthy gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. Fogg and his servant set off immediately, determined to win this race against time. Little do they know they aren't making the journey alone.... Fogg has been fingered as the culprit in a bank robbery, and a detective in hot pursuit is trailing them as they cross every continent.
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16 Journey to the Centre of the Earth [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  "The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived."--Arthur C. Clarke
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17 Around the World in Eighty Days [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne & George M. Towle
  Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne's hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber. Set from the text of George M. Towle's original 1873 translation, thi... more info>>
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18 From the Earth to the Moon [MultiFormat]
by Jules Verne
  Written almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne's prophetic novel of man's race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane's adversary places a huge wager that the p... more info>> 1870

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19 Journey to the Centre of the Earth [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Jules Verne
  The intrepid Professor Lindenbrock embarks upon the strangest expedition of the nineteenth century: a journey down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the Earth's very core. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the geologist--together with his quaking nephew Axel and their devoted guide, Hans discovers an astonishing subterranean menagerie of prehistoric proportions. Verne's imaginative tale is at once the ultimate science fiction adventure and a reflection on the perfectibilit... more info>> 2003
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20 The Survivors of the Chancellor [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  Charleston, September 27th, 1869. It is high tide, and three o'clock in the afternoon when we leave the Battery-quay; the ebb carries us off shore, and as Captain Huntly has hoisted both main and top sails, the northerly breeze drives the Chancellor briskly across the bay. Fort Sumter ere long is doubled, the sweeping batteries of the mainland on our left are soon passed, and by four o'clock the rapid current of the ebbing tide has carried us through the harbour-mouth.
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21 The Fur Country [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  On the evening of the 17th March 1859, Captain Craventy gave a fête at Fort Reliance. Our readers must not at once imagine a grand entertainment, such as a court ball, or a musical soirée with a fine orchestra. Captain Craventy's reception was a very simple affair, yet he had spared no pains to give it éclat.
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22 The Field of Ice [Secure eReader (recommended)/Microsoft Reader]
by Jules Verne
  It was a bold project of Hatteras to push his way to the North Pole, and gain for his country the honour and glory of its discovery. But he had done all that lay in human power now, and, after having struggled for nine months against currents and tempests, shattering icebergs and breaking through almost insurmountable barriers, amid the cold of an unprecedented winter, after having outdistanced all his predecessors and accomplished half his task, he suddenly saw all his hopes blasted.
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