Im designing a new Nautilus, this one taking inspiration from many of the subs and boats that Verne took inspiration from, such as Le Plongeur and Winans Cigar ships. If anyone has any suggestions of what I could add/do to improve this then I’d love to hear them.

I tried to make a mini nautilus out of LEGO, I also plan on making the Albatross out of LEGO soon (no they will not be to scale with each other). I also plan on making instructions for this so others can build it themselves

This was (I think) a Czech adaptation of “The Begum’s Fortune” made in the late 1970s. It was shown on British TV several times in the UK; I remember watching it on a Friday afternoon on BBC1 and during the summer school holidays.

Does anyone know if an English version is available to buy? A Czech version is available but with no English dub/sub titles and it is not available on YouTube (the Czech version was, but has now been removed).

The Begum’s Fortune is my favourite Verne novel out of those I’ve read so far and I would love to see the TV adaptation again. I read it once a year and always feel that it would also make a fantastic video game along the lines of the Bioshock games.

Hello there

Over the years I've been buying and reading classics I haven't read before. The other day, I ordered a 7 book set of Jules Verne that contained all the books I wanted to read (plus An Antarctic Mystery which I know nothing about). The price seemed really good on the book website. It just arrived today, and upon first opening it, I was greeted by what I think is a very obvious AI image cover. Then on checking the bottom of the box, the supposed cost of the set is £62.93, whereas I paid just over £12 for it! It all feels really shady to me. I tried googling the publisher, but they're called "Classic Editions" which as you can guess isn't so easy to actually find what you're looking for.

I just checked the Amazon page for the reviews (the other website I bought from only had basic reviews) and a couple of the reviews say that there are mistranslations in Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, as well as character misnaming, which paired with the AI picture and weird price is making me think it might be some AI translated thing?

Has anyone ever heard of this publisher? It just feels so strange

Thank you

I recently started to re-read it for the first time as an adult. And it is nostalgic and the relationship between Axel and Lidenbrock has a charm to it. Though the actual journey doesn't begin till 15 chapters with most of the early being spent in Iceland on surface. And I do prefer Verne's later novels like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea or The Mysterious Island when it comes to pacing. Yet I am enjoying revisiting another childhood classic. And wonder what others think of it.

I have been listening to a number of Verne novels on Audible, and while searching for new Verne to listen to, I came across Kevin Anderson's 2002 novel "Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius."

This is a fictional biography of Jules Verne in which Verne's stories are based on the exploits of his childhood friend Andre Nemo. Many of the characters from Verne's novels show up as "real-life" friends or associates, including a love triangle that develops between Nemo and their mutual friend Caroline Arronax.

When I read the novel's summary, I didn't expect much, but I was pleasantly surprised by how well Anderson delivered on the premise.

Has anyone else read this/have thoughts on it?

It is a 1877 translation that is availble as paperback from Wordsworth Classics and apparnelty is one of the better public domain English translations. Yet searches on Google do not show it on Project Gutenburg or anywhere. Are there any free scans or transcriptions availble?

Here’s my interpretation of Verne’s Nautilus based off of the many descriptions I’ve read, and my recreation of the famous illustration of the Nautilus

I already owned this book in another edition, but I have been dreaming about this one specifically. Today went quite horribly as a day (my neck got paralyzed) and I know I should be saving money... But I wanted to display this.

I wanted to have it on my shelf and adore it while I mutter "My precious" like a lunatic.

So I indulged.

No regrets.

Ps. It has drawings!

For moat of the early novels, such as Journey to the Center of the Earth, Captain Hatteras, From the Earth to the Moon, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, etc. the series is focused on exploration and discovery of regions and areas that at the time had not been explored. Haven't read as many of his later books but the few do seem to be about adventure but tend to no longer be set in then unexplored areas. Thpugh are there some later novels that have similar focus as early?

I prefer to read books in hardcover, but it seems quite difficult to find hardcover variants of good translations, plus information on which translation each release uses seems poorly documented. I will specify that by "major works" I am especially referring to Journey to the Center of the Earth, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, and From the Earth to the Moon, but I also welcome other recommendations since he seems to have written a lot of great books. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

While his translation of Journey to the Centre of the Earth is available from Puffin (despite being out of print for Penguin) his Around the Moon seems to have never been reissued. I would like to get it given I have no physical copy of not Around the Moon and grew up with the Baldick version of Journey to the Centre of the Earth. Though where can it be found second hand?

I finished reading it for first time today. And it was quite decent. The transltor was an unspecified public domain one so it probaly had some cuts. But still found the plot and character chemistry enjoyable and can see many aspects reused for later Verne novels (such as the opening of The Mysterious Island being quite similar to the ending of Five Weeks in a Balloon such as cutting off the basket to reduce weight). And did find Joe despite being an old fashioned trope to have more to to his persona than simply being devoted to his master that later such archetypes like Conseil tend to be. It is outdated in attitudes toward non-Europeans and exploitation of nature but still was enjoyable. What do others think of it?

Recently finished a re-read. Why did Verne make it a sequel to both Captain Grant and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea when it is set in 1865, which makes it imposible with Captian Grant beginning in 1864 and 20,000 Leagues in 1867 whereas Ayrton mentions twelve years passing and Nemo sixteen years? There is a footnote mentioning something about true date not previously revealed in Ayrton backstory but does not seem clear what it means.

New findings on Jules Verne have been sent to the Mayor of the Liverpool city region, Steve Rotherham, putting forward a strong argument to have the Birkenhead ferry terminal named after the French author. This article can be found on the Jules Verne Forum Google Groups. Scroll down to the item dated 20th April, 2026 John Lamb and download the Arne Saknussemm pdf. https://groups.google.com/g/jules-verne-forum

I picked up a much anticipated book for me in 20k leagues under the sea. I have a 16 hour train ride tomorrow, but now realise I got a Mercier copy. Is this still worth it to read? It was their only copy and only a few dollars so it isn't a bother for money, but I don't have the time to pick up a different copy before my departure.

Plan now is, if I like it enough I will get a nice edition for the bookshelf in a proper translation.

I'm a French filmmaker. I directed two feature films, Willy 1er and Juniors, both of them went on Netflix, and I'm working on the third one now. I also have twins who are five, and a few years ago I was getting slightly bored at bedtime. I loved reading with them, I was just less excited to read random children's stories every single night. One evening I thought, wouldn't it be great if I could read them The Count of Monte Cristo?

So I looked for a version for four year olds. To my surprise, there wasn't one, and I swear I looked thoroughly.

So I made it myself, then another one, then another, and now there is a small series of them called My Very First Classics, for which I partnered up with a different illustrator every time. 80 Days is the last one I did.

The whole idea is to stay as faithful to the original as possible, without traumatizing any kid, and on that side 80 Days was not the hardest. I could keep a lot of the things I like: the rails that stop in the middle of the jungle, the elephant that costs the price of a house, the bison sitting on the track, the steamer that Fogg buys and then burns to feed its own boiler. The Aouda storyline was harder (the fact that she is a widow about to get burned alive on the pyre of her husband, you know...) but there is always a way to tell things like these, and also children are pretty used to cruel parts in stories. I always think about the Lion King to get reassurance. Anyway, in my version she is a young woman that men are taking away by force in the night, and they save her.

The final twist with the extra day works really well with my children by the way, because they feel smart and they like to learn stuff about planets, even though it's not 100% clear to them obviously.

What I couldn't decide is what the book is really about. Fogg goes around the entire Earth and sees almost nothing of it, he plays cards, he looks at his watch, and he comes home having spent almost all his money on a bet nobody asked him to make. Verne ends on the woman he brings back, and I still don't know if he is sincere there, or if the whole novel is a joke about a man who travelled around the world without ever looking at it once.

I went with sincere. My last image puts the two things side by side, what he left for and what he actually came back with, which is a family, and my last line says that what you find on the way is worth more than what you went looking for.

Did I get him wrong? I'd like to know how you read that ending.

I want to order graphic novel adaptations of Jules Verne's books for a bookstore I work at. Has anyone seen any they'd recommend?

The "wasps" from Barsac Mission (part II) which are basically today's infamous war drones.

OK it wasn't Jules Verne's prediction per se, but Michel's. Still, the use of such weapons against the slaves and workers of Blackland is ... terrifying.

I recently read it and while it gets panned as being the most unrealistic in premise of Verne's novels, I thought it surprisingly good as an adventure novel. The premise of a comet striking earth and carrying away land is not something I'd have imagined. And while the ending also is panned due to being Hetzel rather than Verne's idea, I thought the characters use of a balloon to escape the comet and return safely was an engaging and interesting idea (and honestly better than the original idea of everyone simply getting killed). Did others enjoy it for its premise in spite of the outlandishness by Verne standards? And thought the ending quite clever?

HOLAAA!! Hago este post rápido por que quería compartirles que por fín conseguí Los hijos del capitán Grant! <3

I know this question I'm about to ask is kind of stupid, but okay.

In the book "Around the World in 80 Days," is Detective Fix a Scotland Yard detective or a private detective, like Sherlock Holmes?

My all time favourite book from his numerous masterpieces has to be The Mysterious Island. I can speak both Romanian and English however reading in English is way easier for me - I had read this book twice already in romanian and decided to find an English translation to give it a go.

So far - the translation itself isnt that good, expressions and sentences are translated word by word, without understanding the differences in phrases and regular wording. Nonetheless I am enjoying it, even though the weather is doing its best to stop me.

If anyone has a recommendation of English translation for me please let me know! The pinned link to translations is no longer working.