About the author: jules verne (1828.2.8 ~1905.3.24),19th century French novelist, playwright and poet. Verne was born in a middle-class family in the French port city of Nantes. He studied law in Paris in accordance with his father's wishes in his early years, and then began to write plays and magazine articles. During his cooperation with the publisher hessel and his son (from 1862 to Verne's death), Verne's literary creation was a great success, and many of his works were translated into many languages.

Works: Verne created a large number of outstanding literary works in his life, with Strange Travel in the Known and Unknown World as the general title, represented by the trilogy of Captain Grant's Children, Two Wan Li under the Sea, Mysterious Island, Five Weeks in a Balloon and Journey to the Center of the Earth. His works have an important influence on the genre of science fiction literature, so together with herbert george wells, he is called "the father of science fiction".

Literary characteristics: Verne's works are not boring scientific illustrations, but basically belong to romantic literature. He always weaves complicated, tortuous and interesting stories under the framework of scientific imagination, with thrilling plots and strange coupling, and then with extraordinary natural wonders, which produces a strong romantic color. Verne is very popular among young readers because of his smooth writing and brisk narrative.

Character evaluation: Although Verne imagined himself as a writer writing for adult readers, there has always been a view that Verne is a children's literature writer. As Verne researcher William Butcher pointed out, Verne not only denied that he was the inventor of undersea navigation, but also claimed that he was never particularly interested in science-he was only "particularly interested in using it to create dramatic stories that took place in foreign countries".