L' Agence Thompson & Co
By Jules Verne
1907
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Robert Morgand, a Frenchman, finds himself without employment and very little money in London, England. He sees a poster for a tour that will visit the "Three Archipelagos;" that is the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. The part that catches his eye is the need for an interpreter. As he can speak French, English, Spanish and Portuguese he feels qualified for the job, which he easily obtains.
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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...
