Moreover, during the final decade of Jules Verne’s life from 1895 to 1905, his eyesight and ability to write were rapidly failing. And it was Michel who actively "collaborated" with his father (as ...

and the Verne family showed such jealous discretion that important episodes in his life are still veiled in shadow. The standard biography, Jules Verne: Sa Vie et son oeuvre (Paris 1928), by Mme.

As Radio 4 embarks on a journey To the Ends of the Earth with a set of Victorian adventure stories, we examine how the work of 19th-century French novelist Jules Verne feeds into the modern ...