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We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read.


Jules Verne


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6 Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau where the family's youngest child Marie was born in 1842. Verne is one writer sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction" as are H. In the same year Verne entered another religious school the Petit Séminaire de Saint-Donatien as a lay student.

He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne is the second most translated author in the world (following Agatha Christie) and his works appear in more translations per year than those of any other writer.

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