Jules Verne - Short Stories
By Jules Verne
2012
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A major literary author, poet and playwright, Jules Verne was also a pioneer of science fiction with books like around the world in eighty days, journey to the center of Earth etc. This collection encompasses some of Jules Verne's finest works which takes the readers through a range of fascinating incidents like the accidental destruction of Dr. Ox's oxygen factory, the lost soul of Master zacharius, the horrifying experience of Dr. Trifulgas, the transatlantic tunnel in 'an express in the future' and a lot more! Foregrounds the imaginative side of science, These finely-picked short stories of Jules Verne continues to delight readers of every generation!
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Jules Verne
Author · 146 books
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." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules\_V...
