Jules Verne

About the Author

Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. At the age of nineteen, Verne was sent to study law in Paris but instead developed a love of theater. Verne’s first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1863. This was quickly followed by his most famous works, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in Eighty Days, and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Classic Starts®: Around the World in Eighty Days

Classic Starts®: Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne, Abridged by Deanna McFadden, Illustrated by Karl James Mountford

Classic Starts®: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Classic Starts®: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne, Abridged by Lisa Church, Illustrated by Karl James Mountford

Classic Starts®: Journey to the Center of the Earth

Classic Starts®: Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne, Abridged by Kathleen Olmstead, Afterword by Arthur Pober, Illustrated by Eric Freeberg

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne, Illustrated by Scott McKowen, Afterword by Arthur Pober

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

by Jules Verne, Illustrated by Scott McKowen, Afterword by Arthur Pober

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

by Jules Verne, Illustrated by Scott McKowen, Afterword by Arthur Pober