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by Jules Verne (Author)
Dive into Jules Verne's timeless classics in a boxed set featuring 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Explore the depths of the ocean, journey to the Earth's core, and race around the globe with captivating stories of adventure, imagination and discovery in this engaging collection.
Escape into a world of adventure with Jules Verne's unforgettable stories.
- Includes three of Jules Verne's most famous and enduring works.
- Explores diverse and intriguing settings, from the depths of the ocean to the Earth's core.
- Features iconic characters such as Professor Lidenbrock, Phileas Fogg, and the enigmatic Captain Nemo, who push the boundaries of human knowledge and understanding.
- Showcases the themes of exploration, scientific curiosity, the human spirit and the power of determination.
- These timeless classics continue to resonate with readers of all ages, transcending time and cultural boundaries.
Author Biography
Jules Gabriel Verne was born in February 1828. He developed a passion for travelling and adventure at an early age. Verne had begun writing in his teens. Un prêtre en 1839 (A Priest in 1839), his unfinished novel, is one of his earliest surviving prose works. His first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published by Hetzel in 1863. The Adventures of Captain Hatteras was first published in book form in 1866. The Voyages Extraordinaires (Extraordinary Voyages or Extraordinary Journeys), a sequence of fifty-four novels, was published between 1863 and 1905. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), From Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), were some of the works included in the series. Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. Verne died in 1905 at his home in Amiens. Paris in the Twentieth Century (1994), written in 1863, and Backwards to Britain (1989), were two of his works published posthumously.
