His work has been adapted for film and television since the beginning of cinema, as well as for comic books, theater, opera, music and video games. Verne is considered to be an important …

Jules Verne, prolific French author whose writings laid much of the foundation of modern science fiction. Among his most famous novels are Journey to the Centre of the Earth, From the Earth …

May 4, 2025 · Jules Verne is hailed as the "father of science fiction" and his novels remain popular today. Verne's adventurous novels combined science and imagination, taking readers …

Mar 31, 2024 · Verne has sold over 200 million copies of his books worldwide, making him the second most-translated author in history (after Agatha Christie). During his lifetime, his works …

Verne, along with Hugo Gernsback and H.G. Wells, is often popularly referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction." [1] Like his confrères, Verne was a visionary not only in his ability to predict …

Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines …

Verne is the second most translated author in the world, behind Agatha Christie. His most famous novels include: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, (1870), A Journey to the Center of the Earth, …

Verne also composed poetry and penned several short stories, including “A Balloon Trip” (1851) and “Wintering in the Ice” (1855). He was, however, to become better known for his novels.

Always rebellious but unsuccessful, Verne learned to escape into his own world of imagination. These feelings would show up in many of Verne's works as an adult. An otherwise uneventful …

Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Most famous for his novel sequence, the Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne also wrote assorted short stories, plays, …