I was recently surprised to learn that author Jules Verne is the 2nd most popular author in the world after Dame Agatha Christie!! Granted, I love Jules Verne's novel 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (I've read it twice), but I would never have guessed that his writing is as popular as it is.
I learned the above mentioned information from an article I read on the io9 website titled Jules Verne is the Second Most Popular Author in the World by Ron Miller. In the article, Miller writes the following:
I learned the above mentioned information from an article I read on the io9 website titled Jules Verne is the Second Most Popular Author in the World by Ron Miller. In the article, Miller writes the following:
Are you as surprised as I am that Jules Verne is the 2nd most popular author in the world?Jules Verne has long been near the top of UNESCO's list of most-translated authors, ranking number 4 until recently.On the latest list issued by UNESCO, Jules Verne ranks number 2 in the number of translations published world-wide, exceeded only by Agatha Christie (Stephen King comes in ninth place and Isaac Asimov is twenty-fourth).
It is rather surprising! I've 20,000 Leagues... on my shelf and I intend to read it, but the amount of scientific facts I'm scared of finding there has made me not to pick up this book yet.
ReplyDeleteAt 1st I didn't want to read 20,000 Leagues either... I was put off my the start of the novel too. I thought the entire novel was going to be dry, boring, and too much talk about technical aspects.... But it wasn't. Sure it took me a while to get into this classic novel, but once I did I loved it. I've read it twice already.
Delete20,000 Leagues Under the Sea reads like someone's diary. The events that occur almost sound believable. The writing is really well done by Jules Verne and it is easy to visualize the various scenes/action in the novel.
That is good to know - I feel a lot better now picking this book up! :)
DeleteI'm glad what I wrote was helpful. :-)
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