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Jules Verne was born in Nantes in 1828. He started to write short stories and poetry while studying at boarding school. In Paris he studied law but seemed to be more interested in pursuing a career in theater: he wrote and worked in collaborations on many operettas, dramas and plays. His literary career was launched after he became acquainted with publisher Pierre Jules Hetzel. Five Weeks in a Balloon was published in 1863 receiving immense acclaim. In 1864 came Journey to the Center of the Earth, followed by From the Earth to the Moon, in 1865, and Around the Moon, in 1870. Many of Verne's novel were serialized in Hetzel's Magazine d'Éducation et de Récréation before being published as complete books. His sailing experiences and adventures became the inspiration for many other literary works such as The Adventures of a Special Correspondent (1872), The Mysterious Island (1875), The Survivors of the Chancellor (1875), Michael Strogoff (1876), and Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen (1878). Jules Verne died on the 24th of March 1905.

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