We were alone. Where, I could not say, hardly imagine. All was black, and such a dense black that, after some minutes, my eyes had not been able to discern even the faintest glimmer.
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It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise.
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Birth: | 8th February, 1828 |
Death: | 24th March, 1905 |
Nationality: | French |
Profession: | Novelist, Writer |
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. Born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, Verne was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage.
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