For Further Reading
For Further Reading
Biographies
Allott, Kenneth. Jules Verne. New York: Macmillan, 1941.
Allotte de la Fuÿe, Marguerite. Jules Verne. Translated by Erik de Mauny. London: Staples Press, 1954. Written by Verne’s great-niece, this was the first biography about Verne and the primary source for many early students of the author. The book, though very entertaining, has been proven to be riddled with errors, inconsistencies, and hyperbole that work to uphold Verne’s reputation more than the facts of his life.
Verne, Jean-Jules. Jules Verne. Translated by Roger Greaves. New York: Taplinger, 1976. Written by the author’s grandson.
Scholarship and Criticism
Evans, Arthur B. Jules Verne Rediscovered: Didacticism and the Scientific Novel. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988. Heavy on theory and textual deconstruction, this book is a good academic primer on Verne, and worth the read.
Lynch, Lawrence W. Jules Verne. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1992. Occupies an intelligent and informed ground between academic investigation and biography.
Martin, Andrew. The Mask of the Prophet: The Extraordinary Fictions of Jules Verne. Oxford: Clarendon Press of Oxford University Press, 1990.
For Young Readers
Schoell, William. Remarkable Journeys: The Story of Jules Verne. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds, 2002.
Teeters, Peggy. Jules Verne: The Man Who Invented Tomorrow. New York: Walker, 1992.
Other Works Used in the Preparation of the Introduction and the Notes
Grann, David. “A Reporter at Large: The Squid Hunter.” New Yorker, May 24, 2004.
Lottman, Herbert R. Jules Verne: An Exploratory Biography. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996.
Verne, Jules. The Complete Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A New Translation of Jules Verne’s Science Fiction Classic. Introduction, translation, and annotations by Emanuel J. Mickel. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.
—. Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: The Definitive Unabridged Edition Based on the Original French Texts.
Translated and annotated by Walter James Miller and Frederick
Paul Walter. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1993.