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1. Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Unbearably thrilling and romantic...full of Verne's gentle humour—Daily MailAmong the deep-sea volcanoes, shoals of swirling fish, giant squid and sharks, Captain Nemo steers the Nautilus. Nemo is the renegade scientist par excellence, a man madly inventive in his quest for revenge—Sunday TelegraphA tale of terror, suspense and wonder—GuardianFabulous...the pace is sharp and the story as dramatic and engaging as ever—Daily ExpressVerne's imagination has given us some of the greatest adventure stories of all time—Daily MailOne of the books I have read and re-read with unfailing pleasure and interest is Jules Verne's 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea.... Verne's novel entranced me. I was in love with Captain Nemo, the brooding cultured misanthrope of the deeps, who combined the romantic qualities of Heathcliff and Byron with the ruthlessness of Macbeth—Independent

1. Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne was born in France in 1828 and died in 1905. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel was wildly successful, producing many brilliant novels in the burgeoning genre of science fiction: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Around the World in 80 Days, among others. Verne is the second most translated author in the world, after Agatha Christie and before Shakespeare.

1. Jules Verne

De reis om de wereld in 80 dagen

Wanneer de excentrieke gentleman Phileas Fogg een weddenschap sluit dat hij de wereld kan rondreizen in tachtig dagen, begint een adembenemend avontuur. Samen met zijn trouwe bediende Passepartout reist hij van de drukke straten van Bombay tot de wildernis van Amerika, terwijl elke minuut telt in een legendarische race tegen de klok. Onderweg krijgen ze te maken met stormen, vertragingen en onverwachte tegenslagen, maar ook met de hardnekkige Britse rechercheur Fix, die Fogg verdenkt van diefstal. Lukt het Fogg om de weddenschap te voltooien en zijn naam te zuiveren?

1. Jules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

In this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus.

1. Jules Verne

Autour de la Lune

1. Verna Clement

The Adventures of Danny Fish and Danny Rabbit