![]() ![]() Blown across the world, they are air-wrecked on a remote desert island. In 'The Mysterious Island' a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. ![]() The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world and provided means to escape from it. ![]()
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