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Unpublished Jules Verne Novel Discovered in Safe

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From: Morning Edition (NPR)
Date: 19940923
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BOB EDWARDS, Host: Nineteenth-century writer Jules Verne is the best- selling French novelist of all time. His works of science fiction, such as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, peered into a future dominated by technology sprouting up during the Industrial Revolution. In 1863, Verne wrote a book predicting what Paris would be like a hundred years later. The book never was printed, and the manuscript was believed lost, until this week. The book has been published, and it's likely to enhance Verne's reputation as a visionary. From London, NPR's Michael Goldfarb reports.

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