Jules Verne(1828-1905), French writer and pioneer of science fiction, 1 best known works today 2 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1870)and Around the World in Eighty Days(1873)．
Jules Gabriel Verne was born 3 February 8, 1828, in Nantes, France．His parents were of a seafaring(水手工作的)tradition, a factor which 4 his writings．As a boy, Jules Verne 5 to be a cabin boy on a merchant ship, but he 6 and returned to his parents．In 1847 Jules was sent to study law in Paris．While there, however, his passion(激情) 7 the theatre grew．Later in 1850, Jules Verne's first play 8 ．His father was outraged(愤怒)when he heard that Jules 9 to continue law, so he discontinued the money he was giving him to 10 his expenses in Paris．This forced Verne to make money by selling his stories．
After spending many hours in Paris libraries 11 geology, engineering, and astronomy, Jules Verne published his first novel Five Weeks in a Balloon(1863)．Soon he started writing novels 12 Journey to the Center of the Earth(1864), From the Earth to the Moon(1866), and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea(1873)． 13 the popularity of these and other novels, Jules Verne became a very rich man．In 1876, he bought a large yacht and 14 around Europe．His last novel The Invasion of the Sea 15 in 1905．Jules Verne died in the city of Amines on March 24, 1905．
Jules Verne wrote over 80 books 16 ．He was an 17 writer who predicted the science future of the world．Some of the inventions he imagined were created later in his lifetime, but some are still to 18 ．He was popular 19 all kinds of readers：rich, poor, young, old, scientists, artists and rulers．His works 20 translated into many languages．We all respect him and remember him forever．
