The Jules Verne Collection - Come along on three extraordinary journeys in "The Jules Verne Collection." It includes"Around the World in 80 Days," "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth." In "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," ships are disappearing all over the world and it is believed a sea monster is responsible. Dr. Pierre Aronnax, his companion Conseil, and Canadian harpooner Ned Land are sent on an expedition by the U.S. government to catch the monster. But instead of a monster, they find the submarine Nautilus piloted by the enigmatic Captain Nemo.
"Around the World in 80 Days" concerns a wager made by proper Englishman Phileas Fogg that he can travel around the world in a mere eighty days. Soon Fogg and his servant Passepourtout are on their way, and in India, they meet a beautiful Princess whose life they must save, and who accompanies them on the remainder of their journey. Complications arise as they are pursued by the dogged Detective Fix, who believes Fogg to be a bank robber. In "Journey to the Center of the Earth," Professor of Geology Otto Lidenbrock discovers an encoded manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims to have found a passageway to the center of the Earth. After deciphering the manuscript, Otto, his nephew Axel, and a guide descend into an extinct Icelandic volcano to Earth's core, but can they return to the surface?
Along with H.G. Wells, French author Jules Verne is considered the father of modern science fiction. Born in 1828 in Nantes, France to a prosperous lawyer, Verne was sent to Paris to study Law, but was drawn instead to literature and the theater, and came under the influence of Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas. In 1854 after reading the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Verne was inspired to write his first science fiction tale, "A Voyage in a Balloon," and he never looked back.
"Ah - what a journey - what a marvelous and extraordinary journey! Here we
had entered the earth by one volcano, and we had come out by another."
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jules Verne
He published "Journey to the Center of the Earth" in 1864, "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" in 1870 and "Around the World in Eighty Days," which was based on the real-life journey of American George Francis Train, in 1873 . After a successful writing career, Verne retired to Amiens with his wife and two step children, and it was there in 1886 that he was shot in the leg by his deranged nephew Gaston. Gaston never recovered his sanity and Verne never fully recovered from his wound and died on March 24, 1905.
Verne's works have inspired a number of filmmakers including Georges Méliès' 1902 film "A Trip to the Moon," and in 1954, Walt Disney's "20,000 Leagues under the Sea" starring James Mason and Kirk Douglas. But the real star of that film was the mechanical giant squid which has frightened generations of children. In 1956, producer Mike Todd's "Around The World in 80 Days" starring David Niven and just about every major star in Hollywood in its 44 cameo roles won the Best Picture Oscar, but sadly, it would prove to be Todd's last film. he was killed in a plane crash on March 22, 1958 leaving behind an eight-month-old daughter and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor.
Did You Know?
The world's first nuclear powered submarine USS Nautilus was named after the submarine in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." In 1958, the USS Nautilus was the first submarine to sail under the Arctic ice pack. She radioed back this famous message: "Nautilus 90 North."
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