“So, fatality will play me these terrible tricks. The elements themselves conspire to overwhelm me with mortification. Air, fire, and water combine their united efforts to oppose my passage. Well, they shall see what the earnest will of a determined man can do. I will not yield, I will not retreat even one inch; and we shall see who shall triumph in this great contest - man or nature.”

French novelist, poet, and playwright

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He wrote in the nineteenth century and became known for stories that helped define early science fiction. Verne is remembered above all for his imaginative fiction, which often linked adventure with scientific possibility. His work has remained widely read, and he is closely associated with a body of writing that looks ahead to future inventions and travels.