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Voyages Extraordinaires

The Voyages Extraordinaires is a group of 54 novels written by Jules Verne. The books display his fantastic writing style and are packed full of his famous voyages or journeys. The Voyages Extraordinaires was originally published in 1863 and then again in 1905. The collection began to appeal to everyone due to the large variety of genres. Many of the novels include scientific elements but are based on the fictional characters and chains of events. Verne takes science elements and applies them to the imagination, creating unique and entertaining stories. The scientific elements of the stories are so accurate that while reading these books you can learn about geology, biology, astronomy, paleontology, oceanography and the vast number of cultures visited in his novels. The first of his books to be part of the Voyages Extraordinaires was The Adventures of Captain Hatteras, which was his third novel. Many of the books are so popular that they are made into movies such as The Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Verne is one of the most well known and respected authors in the world.