Jules Verne Quotes


Far better to be the simplest pedestrian, with knapsack on back, stick in hand, and gun on shoulder, than an Indian prince travelling with all the ceremonial which his rank requires.


Citations

Verne, Jules. The Steam House. Translated by A. D. Kingston, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1881.

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Jules Verne
Jules Verne
  • Born: February 8, 1828
  • Died: March 24, 1905
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Novelist, Poet, Playwright

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872).