A thrilling new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Jules Verne's novel
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in the city of Nantes, France . He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island and Around the World in Eighty Days. Verne is often referred to as the 'Father of science fiction' because he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before aeroplanes, spacecrafts and submarines were invented. He died in 1905.
Verne's imagination has given us some of the greatest adventure
stories of all time.
-- Daily Mail Journey to the Centre of the Earth is one of
the most famous novels ever written. Verne has left us an
extraordinary book, which has withstood the test of time better
than some of the science described within it. It has brought
delight to generations of readers, and will for many more. There is
nothing so rare as the chance to take an impossible journey, and to
believe it so powerfully that we wonder if we will make it out
alive. That's magic. And that's Verne's gift.
--Michael Crichton, Daily Telegraph Fantasised a
parallel world to ours under the earth's crust. This hypothesis was
both popular and subscribed to, even by reputable scientists, in
the 19th century. Verne's tale... remains the best of its
(scientifically) preposterous kind.
--John Sutherland, Guardian
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