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Jules Verne was an amazing
writer who predicted the science future
of the world. Some of the inventions he
imagined were created later in his
lifetime, but some are still to be
invented. He was popular with all kindsof readers: rich, poor, young, old,
scientists, artists and rulers. He wrote
over 80 books mostly before 1900 and a
few of the things he described were:helicopters, modern weapons, movies
with sound, television and rockets.
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Early Years
Jules Gabriel Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes,
France. He was the oldest of five children. He had three sisters:
Mathilde, Anna and Marie, and one younger brother Paul. His fatherwas a lawyer and, much like the hero of Around the World in Eighty
Days, he was precise about everything. He was known for his honesty.
His mother, Sophie Allotte, came from a family of ship builders and sea
captains.
Jules Verne Museum
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A Writing Career Begins
Jules's father wanted him to be
educated as a lawyer, but he refused to do
any work but writing. In 1848 he and a
friend went to Paris. His father gave Jules
money to support himself because he wassupposed to be studying law. What Jules
really wanted to do was sell his
manuscripts and plays . His father came to
Paris to check on him and stopped payinghis allowance when he discovered that
Jules was just writing.
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Verne was forced tosupport himself as astockbroker, which he hateddespite being somewhat
successful at it. During thisperiod, he met Victor Hugoand Alexandre Dumas, whooffered him writing advice.
Verne's situation improved
when he met Pierre-Jules Hetzel,
one of the more important French
publishers of the 19th century, whoalso published Victor Hugo, George
Sand, and Erckmann-Chatrian,
among others. They formed an
excellent writer-publisher team.
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Verne also met Honorine deViane Morel, a widow with two
daughters. They were married on
January 10, 1857. With her
encouragement, he continued to
write and actively looked for a
publisher. On August 3, 1861,
their son, Michel Verne was born.
Michel married an actress over
Verne's objections, had two
children by an underage mistress,
and buried himself in debts. The
relationship between father andson improved as Michel grew
older.
Michel Verne
Honorine de
Viane Morel
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From that point, Vernepublished two or more volumes a
year. The most successful of theseare:
Voyage au centre de la Terre(Journey to the Center of the Earth,1864);
De la Terre la Lune (From
the Earth to the Moon, 1865);Vingt mille lieues sous les mers(Twenty Thousand Leagues Underthe Sea, 1869);
Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Around the World inEighty Days), which first appeared
in Le Temps in 1872.The series is collectively
known as the VoyagesExtraordinaires ("extraordinaryvoyages").
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Later Years
Jules Verne took upresidence in Amiens in 1871.
Jules Verne stayedprolific throughout the 1870s,writing The Adventures of aSpecial Correspondent (1872),
The Survivors of theChancellor (1875), MichaelStrogoff (1876), and DickSand: A Captain at Fifteen(1878), among several others.After Verne's long run with
personal and professionalsuccess, however, he wouldfind the 1880s to be less kind.
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In 1886, Verne's favoritenephew, Gaston, attempted tomurder Verne. He fired twoshots from a pistol, and onestuck Verne's shin, giving him
a limp for the rest of his life.Gaston turned out to besufferring from mental illness,and spent his life in a mentalinstitution. A week after Vernewas shot, Jules Hetzel died an
event that devastated theauthor. To add to his misery,Verne's mother died thefollowing year.
Jules Hetzel
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He was later elected
city councilman in 1888.
In 1889, Jules Verne
presided over the opening
of the Amiens circus,
including a courthouse, a
police station and a
museum dedicated to thehistory of Picardy.
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In 1905, while ill with diabetes, Verne died
at his home in Amiens, France and was buried
in La Madeleine Cemetery in Amiens.
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In 1863, Jules Verne wrote a novel
called Parisin the Twentieth Century
about a young man who lives in a world
of glass skyscrapers, high-speed trains,gaspowered automobiles, calculators,
and a worldwide communications
network, yet cannot find happiness and
comes to a tragic end.
Hetzel thought the novel's pessimism
would damage Verne's then-booming
career, and suggested he wait 20 years to
publish it. Verne put the manuscript in a
safe, where it was discovered by hisgreat-grandson in 1989.
It was published in 1994.
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Nowadays, many places in Amiens are named after Jules
Verne. "Universit Jules Verne, Jules Verne Boulevard, Maison
Jules Verne, Muse Jules Verne, Jules Verne Cirque. Also, there are
many statues of Jules Verne scattered in Amiens.
Jules Verne Monument Jules Verne house in Amiens
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