Verne - Biographies of World Greats

Author: Sun Tianwei
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Jules Verne is often referred to as the "father of science fiction." Throughout his life, he created a vast number of novels and short stories, with 62 of them included under the general title "Strange Journeys." For over a century, his works have been reprinted and translated into over fifty languages, spreading widely around the world. His ideas, his spirit, and his scientific foresight have influenced and even determined the life paths of generations of travelers, geographers, and scientists. Verne was born on an island, and his childhood was spent watching sails rise and fall. The vast ocean brought him endless beautiful fantasies. His lawyer father hoped he would inherit the family business, but he wielded a giant pen, left his hometown of Nantes, and ventured into Paris. In the world of artists, he gradually achieved success. Verne was a humble person, a cautious and introverted one, as well as a somewhat eccentric one. Above all, he was a person of flesh and blood. Fantasy, struggle, glory, and tragedy—all filled his life with extremely common yet highly personalized melodies.