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Originally written in 1863, a lost novel by the author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea presents a chilling forecast of Paris in 1960, a world where money and technology control society and a young poet finds himself out of place in the materialistic, mechanistic society. 50,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo.
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About the Author:
Jules Verne was born in France in 1828 and died in 1905. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel was wildly successful, producing many brilliant novels in the burgeoning genre of science fiction: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in 80 Days, among others. Verne is the second most translated author in the world, after Agatha Christie and before Shakespeare.
Synopsis:
This lost novel was written in 1863 but set in 1960. The narrator, a young poet, is forced to work in a bank and feels out of place in society. Verne''s vision of ou r time is prescient. '
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- PublisherChivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0745189016
- ISBN 13 9780745189017
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages260
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