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Jules Verne - College Term Paper

Jules Verne

Going to moon, a balloon trip around the world, adventure under the sea,
all this in the late 1800s? All this was possible in the writings of .
was born in Nantes on February 8, 1828. He had a vivid imagination
and as a child, he often sailed down the Loire River with his brother. He always
wondered about air and undersea travel. In the 1800s, none of these advances
were discovered.
His father was a lawyer and wanted young Verne to be one, too. Jules was
sent to Paris to study law and while he was there, he became interested in
literature. He graduated with a degree in law in 1850. Jules began to write and
give private law lessons in Paris. His father voiced some concern in ...

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also had 2
stepdaughters, Valentine, and Suzanne. Michel grew up to be a very disobedient
child. Verne tried many means of stopping this delinquency. He put Michel in
jail in an attempt to stop the "madness". He was really unhappy over his son's
behavior problem. Late 1879, Verne ended up throwing Michel out of the house.
Michel ran off and married an actress. In 1887, he attended and recognized
Michel's second marriage which helped in reviving the relationship between
father and son.
Jules Verne was an avid traveler and sailor. He visited many places with
his brother, Paul. Paul helped Verne in many technical parts of his novel. In
1859, he and Paul made a summer trip to Scotland. Verne was very impressed by
Scotland as a whole and it became the setting in one of Verne's novels. He also
visited North America for a week. He visited New York, Buffalo, Niagara Falls,
Toronto. He loved America and was very sad that he was never going to come again.
Verne owned 3 boats, a sailboat, ...

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Added: 10/2/2005 08:36:59 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
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