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VERNE, JULES (1828-1905)

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From: Young Students Learning Library
Date: 19960101
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Jules Verne was a writer who is sometimes called the ``Father of Science Fiction.''

He was born in Nantes, France, and as a boy, he once tried to run away to sea. Verne studied law in Paris but was more interested in writing. He began to compose plays and poetry.

Verne was deeply interested in geography and in aeronautics, the science of flight. He wrote a scientific essay suggesting an expedition to Africa in a balloon. A publisher persuaded him to turn the essay into a novel. The novel, published in 1863, was called Five Weeks in a Balloon. This book was immensely ...

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