Jules Verne was a 19th-century French writer. His popularity stems from several adventure and science-fiction novels. His best-known works are Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. To this day, he remains the most translated French writer in the world.
He wrote the Amazing Journeys series, which includes 62 novels and 18 short stories. The majority of these novels take place in the second half of the 19th century. In them, he introduces inventions recent to the period, as well as other fanciful inventions that are not yet mastered, or even non-existent.
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Novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne
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1828: Jules Verne is born in Nantes on February 8.
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1850: At the age of 22, the author makes his literary debut, proposing to Alexandre Dumas the manuscript of a comedy entitled Les pailles rompues, to be performed at the Théâtre-Historique that same year.
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1852: Verne becomes secretary of the Théâtre-Historique, renamed the Théâtre-Lyrique. The young writer received no salary, but could have his plays performed there. He holds this position until 1855.
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1863: Publication of Cinq semaines en ballon (Five Weeks in a Balloon), the first novel of his Amazing Journeys (62 novels and 18 short stories).
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1864: He writes Journey to the Center of the Earth, a huge success that is still being adapted for the screen in the 21st century.
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1869: The novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is published, confirming Jules Verne's talent.
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1871: The author publishes Around the World in 80 Days.
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1875: The writer conceives The Mysterious Island, a sequel to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
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1905: On March 24, at the age of 77, in Amiens (France), Jules Verne dies.
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2005: The year is declared "Jules Verne Year", to mark the centenary of his death.