82 pages • 2 hours read
Jules VerneA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France, in 1828 and began writing at an early age. He went to several different schools in Nantes before enrolling in law school in Paris in 1847 at the urging of his father, who wanted him to take up the family legal practice. While in law school, Verne continued writing and frequented the literary salons of Paris. Through his visits to the salons, he established contacts with authors, magazine editors, and stage directors, who encouraged and aided his career. Verne was heavily influenced by the writings of Victor Hugo, the author of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, published in 1831.
When Verne graduated law school in 1851, he began publishing his stories and articles in magazines. He also wrote plays and musical comedies for the Théâtre Lyrique. Although his father offered him the family law practice in 1852, Verne declined, deciding instead to pursue his career as an author. He published his first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, in 1863.
Verne’s works often combine adventure, travel, history, geography, and science, with an emphasis on recent innovations and discoveries. His most successful novels are Journey to the Center of the Earth, published in 1864, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, published in 1869, and Around the World in Eighty Days, published in 1872.
By Jules Verne
Action & Adventure
View Collection
Action & Adventure Reads (Middle Grade)
View Collection
Animals in Literature
View Collection
Books Made into Movies
View Collection
Challenging Authority
View Collection
Children's & Teen Books Made into Movies
View Collection
Earth Day
View Collection
Fantasy
View Collection
Fantasy & Science Fiction Books (High...
View Collection
Fantasy & Science Fiction Books...
View Collection
French Literature
View Collection
Power
View Collection
Revenge
View Collection
School Book List Titles
View Collection
Science Fiction & Dystopian Fiction
View Collection
Science & Nature
View Collection
TV Shows Based on Books
View Collection