Verne | Around the World | Manuscript Box {12.5" x 9.25"}

Description

Jules Verne (18281905) is the author of some of the worlds most famous books. This Paperblanks design features a page from Vernes handwritten draft of his masterpieceAround the World in Eighty Days.

About This Design

• Original Art:Jules Vernes handwritten draft ofAround the World in Eighty Days
• Era:Late 1800s
• Region:France

French novelist, poet and playwright Jules Gabriel Verne (18281905) is the author of some of the worlds most famous adventure stories. Through his collaboration with publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Verne created the Voyages extraordinaires a popular series of novels which included Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.

Today, these two works stand as pillars of the science fiction genre. In fact, when developing our Jules Verne Embellished Manuscript we simply could not choose between the two which is why we offer two unique Jules Verne titles!

Jules Verne, who wrote his stories in his native French, has the distinction of being the second most translated author in history, right between William Shakespeare and Agatha Christie. It is perhaps due to the immense popularity and variety of translated interpretations that his work has sometimes been dismissed outside of Europe as genre fiction or childrens literature, interesting but light stories not worthy of serious discussion.

In the years since his death at the beginning of the 20th century, scholarly attitudes towards Vernes work began to shift. This is in large part thanks to the Socit Jules Verne, an academic organization dedicated to studying his work. Also, many of his early admirers (including George Sand and Thophile Gautier) went on to have their own celebrated careers, bringing a greater sense of respectability to his work.

Verne is now remembered as one of the Fathers of Science Fiction, standing alongside H.G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback. He is credited with being an inspiration for the steampunk genre, a movement championing science fiction based on 19th-century technology. Interestingly, Verne himself never aimed to be a scientific writer. Instead he sought to share the beauty of the real world, saying his goal was to depict the earth [and] at the same time to realize a very high ideal of beauty of style.

Our classic brown Verne, Around the world design features Vernes handwritten draft of Around the World in Eighty Days. Published in 1873, Around the World in Eighty Days is one of Vernes most acclaimed works. The story of Phileas Fogg and his attempt to circumnavigate the globe inspired countless real-life adventurers to follow in his footsteps. We hope this journal will allow you to take your own writing and creativity anywhere, perhaps even on your own world tour. Because, as Ray Bradbury said, “We are all, in one way or another, the children of Jules Verne.