“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides. The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the Living Infinite. ” as Jules Verne wrote in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. His first writings were first seen in French bookstores in early 1862. His profession before writing was stockbroking to earn money until his books could be sold. Jules Verne eventually died at the age of seventy-seven on March 24, 1905. He was buried in La Madeleine Cemetery in Picardie,
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His siblings names were Paul, Marie, Mathilde, and Anna Verne. He originally grew up in Nantes, France, but attended a boarding school as a child. He got most of his inspiration from the river in front of his home as a child, the Loire River. He also got the ideas for nautical books from the magazine Le Tour du Monde-Nouveau Journal des Voyage. The magazine helped him get his books nautically correct. As he was writing his book the ships passing by on the river in front of his home also gave him his inspiration for the designs of the ships in his books. From a very young age Verne was fascinated with the ocean and ships. As a child it is believed that he stowed away as a deck boy on a seafaring ship. It is unsure if that is true but it is believed to be. His family had long running seafaring traditions that inspired him to write the books. When he was in his early twenties his father sent him to a law school in Paris, France. He went to the law school, but then he realized that he wanted to pursue a career in playwrite. He started writing plays and operettas. Once his father who was also a lawyer out about him writing the plays his father immediately cut off Jules Vernes allowance. He wanted Jules Verne to take over the law firm eventually was disgusted. As a way for Verne to make money he started stockbroking. This was not a profession that Jules Verne took a liking to, but since he broke and out of
His siblings names were Paul, Marie, Mathilde, and Anna Verne. He originally grew up in Nantes, France, but attended a boarding school as a child. He got most of his inspiration from the river in front of his home as a child, the Loire River. He also got the ideas for nautical books from the magazine Le Tour du Monde-Nouveau Journal des Voyage. The magazine helped him get his books nautically correct. As he was writing his book the ships passing by on the river in front of his home also gave him his inspiration for the designs of the ships in his books. From a very young age Verne was fascinated with the ocean and ships. As a child it is believed that he stowed away as a deck boy on a seafaring ship. It is unsure if that is true but it is believed to be. His family had long running seafaring traditions that inspired him to write the books. When he was in his early twenties his father sent him to a law school in Paris, France. He went to the law school, but then he realized that he wanted to pursue a career in playwrite. He started writing plays and operettas. Once his father who was also a lawyer out about him writing the plays his father immediately cut off Jules Vernes allowance. He wanted Jules Verne to take over the law firm eventually was disgusted. As a way for Verne to make money he started stockbroking. This was not a profession that Jules Verne took a liking to, but since he broke and out of