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Jules Verne
French writer (–)
This article is about the French writer. For other uses, see Jules Verne (disambiguation).
Jules Gabriel Verne (;[1][2]French:[ʒylɡabʁijɛlvɛʁn]; 8 February – 24 March )[3] was a French novelist, poet and playwright.
His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires,[3] a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (), and Around the World in Eighty Days (). 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 a
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Here are some anecdotes that you may not know about Jules Verne and which are illustrated inre this portrait!
Verne and Nantes : Hate and Love
Jules was born in Nantes, grew up there and progressively became complicated to the point he developed a certain rage against Nantes ! : let's see all the miseries and small happiness he encounters in Nante.
Jules grew up near the commercial port, he saw the boats leaving for distant counters every day and those returning loaded with treasures. It is this proximity that gave him the taste of the trip that we can read in his books!
His first love was his cousin who lived in Nantes.
Crazy in love with her, Jules decides to board the first boat leaving for the land of pearly pearls, in order to bring back to h
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France, Production: Charles Pathé, 50 m (meters?)
Director: Ferdinand Zecca
[Dec?]: Lucien Heilbronn
France, Production: Star-Film George Melies, m/16 minutes (30 scenes)
Source: Inspired by De la Terre a la Lune and First Men in the Moon (H. G. Wells)
AKA: The Trip on the Arctic (Great Britain)
Production: Robert William Paul
Inspired by Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras
France, Production: Ferdinand Zecca, Pathe-Films, m
France, Production: Star-Film George Melies, m/24 minutes (40 scenes)
Source: Based on the Play by Jules Verne and Adolphe d'Ennery
USA, Production: efternamn McCutcheon, Biograph, b/w, 18 min
Director: Wallace McCutcheon
France, Production: Gaumont, Alice G