2. Jules Verne Start
Jules Verne had an uneventful childhood and
never got to do adventurous things
Jules Verne did not have the support of his
parents in his desire to write
As a child he dreamed of adventure and later
started writing about it
His desire to write often took away from his
progress in other subjects
3. Jules Verne Time of Authorship
Jules Verne lived in a time of many
civil events
– Including the Civil War, American
Civil War, Franco Russian War and
the French Revolution
This lead to Jules Verne writing two
books within 10 years of the Civil
War
4. Problems with Jules Verne Books
Jules Verne reputation suffered due to
poor translation of his books
Translations many times misrepresented
fact accurately in his books
Beginning 1965 some of Jules Verne
novels were re-translated, but still today
there are still issues in translations.
5. Jules Verne Last Years
After the death of Hetzel, his mother, in 1887 he
began writing darker books
Jules Verne had diabetes and died at home in
1905
His brother, Michel, oversaw publication of his
last novels
As his novels were worried to not be accepted
at the time one was found by his great-
grandson in 1989. It was published in 1994
6. Conclusion of Jules Verne
French author who created science
fiction
Jules Verne is the 2nd most translated
author in the world
Many of his books had technology that
were extreme for the day but later
became reality
Jules Verne is often referred to as the
"Father of Science Fiction“