Around the World in 80 Days (NHB Modern Plays) (ePub)

Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, playwright and poet. His most famous works are Around the World in Eighty Days (1873), Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869). Often referred to as the 'Father of Science Fiction', Verne's interest in travel and adventure grew from a childhood spent in the busy maritime port of Nantes, France. From there he was sent to study law in Paris where he would eventually set up his own practice in 1850. It was during this time that his attention turned towards the theatre and, encouraged by his friend Alexander Dumas, he began writing numerous plays and operettas, eventually leaving the law to set up his own theatre company.

He began writing novels soon after. His first published book, Le Salon de 1857, was published that same year and began a period where Verne and his wife sailed the British Isles, providing the emerging novelist with material for his stories. Over the next decade he would write many of his classic novels. He published three books in 1864 alone and, despite having frequent trouble with publishers and struggling to support his family, he remained incredibly prolific throughout this period. His stories feature numerous inventions that are still considered well ahead of their time, such as the submarine, deep-sea exploration and space travel. He remains the second most translated writer of all time after Agatha Christie.

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