Published in 1904, ‘The Master of the World’ was one of the last novels by Jules Verne. Set in the summer of 1903, a series of unexplained events occur across the Eastern United States, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. (This text, provided by Project Gutenberg, was taken from the Parke (1911)...More
Born on February 8, 1828, Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He is often referred to as the 'Father of science fiction', because he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before the airplanes, space-crafts and submarines were invented. 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’. He has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare.
Born on February 8, 1828, Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He is often referred to as the 'Father of science fiction', because he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before the airplanes, space-crafts and submarines were invented. 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’. He has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare.
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Published in 1904, ‘The Master of the World’ was one of the last novels by Jules Verne. Set in the summer of 1903, a series of unexplained events occur across the Eastern United States, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. (This text, provided by Project Gutenberg, was taken from the Parke (1911) fifteen volume edition of The Works of Jules Verne. This abridged text also contains some surplus material not in the original French edition. A more faithful translation by Cranstoun Metcalfe was published by Sampson Low (London) in 1914.)
Jules Verne
