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Verne, Jules

  1. A nineteenth-century French author known for his adventure novels , many of which were set in the future. Verne's books include Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea , From the Earth to the Moon , and Journey to the Center of the Earth .


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He took the techniques of H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne and brought them into the 20th century.

As we walk to the bar, we pass a picture of Jules Verne hanging on the wall.

The Verne Club is a hip, steampunky cocktail club in Palermo Soho inspired by, you guessed it, Jules Verne.

Men brought up on H.G. Wells and Jules Verne science fiction set their minds to solving the convoy crisis.

Jules Verne, for example, has inspired many of the scientists of the 20th century.

Jules Verne, as we now know, was aggrieved that his countrymen did not recognize him as a scientific writer.

M. Jules Verne must indeed have gained enough by it and its two connective tales to have acquired an island of his own.

His geographical notions were delivered with the gravity and conviction of some character in Jules Verne.

Pez begins to put the geographical notions he has acquired from the books of Jules Verne yet further into practice.

Jules Verne never imagined anything half so marvellous as their doings.

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