The purpose of this essay is to describe the development of French science fiction in the 19th century before Jules Verne. 1 It will not be confined ... imitated or transposed semiotic models — all ...

As Radio 4 embarks on a journey To the Ends of the Earth with a set of Victorian adventure stories, we examine how the work of 19th-century French novelist Jules Verne feeds into the modern ...

George Roux (1850–1929) was a French artist renowned for his illustrations of Jules Verne ... drawings that brought Verne’s fantastical worlds to life. Roux's illustrations played a crucial role in ...