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THE LITERARY DISCOVERY OF THE CENTURY In 1863 Jules Verne, famed author of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days, wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too farfetched to be published. More than one hundred years later, his great-grandson found the... read more

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First Sentence

On August 13, 1960, a portion of the Parisian populace headed for the many Metro stations from which various local trains would take them to what had once been the Champ-de-Mars.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jules Verne (Author)
  2. Richard Howard

First Edition

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0679444343
Page Count: 222

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