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Jules Verne: excitement, adventure and intellect
From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Date: 20031226
Author:Roger K. Miller For the Deseret Morning News
Jules Verne is one in that long list of authors people persist in reading despite the critics. Like Jack London, many of his works are considered "mere" children's stories, and his style, or supposed lack thereof, is criticized for uncraftedness and naivete.
The only attributes the Frenchman's novels have going for them, seemingly, are excitement, adventure and intellectual substance. That has been enough to keep the major ones continuously in print, in dozens of languages, for well over a century.
In English, the novels are generally available in multiple editions. The Modern Library, for ...
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