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Jules Verne

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French novelist cited by Fitzgerald as one of the cultural inventors of WWI through his influence on middle-class imagination.

Mentions (4)
"As I understand, it finds its roots in the works of people like Jules Verne but its legacy is just like the warmth left on a toilet seat. It is just the vague echo of: 'Wouldn't it be cool if stuff looked like that?'"
Does Steampunk have any artistic value at all? · u/SleepTalker12 · ↑53 · 2026-01-06
"This kind of battle was invented by Lewis Carroll and Jules Verne and whoever wrote Undine, and country deacons bowling and marraines in Marseilles and girls seduced in the back lanes of Wurtemburg and Westphalia."
F Scott Fitzgerald on WWI · u/number1amerifat · ↑47 · 2025-12-24
"Now when an American has an idea, he directly seeks a second American to share it. If there be three, they elect a president and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted. So t"
A quote I often think about when I see book club posts · u/BapAndBoujee · ↑42 · 2021-05-06
"This kind of battle was invented by Lewis Carroll and Jules Verne and whoever wrote Undine"
F Scott Fitzgerald on WWI · u/number1amerifat · ↑47 · 2025-12-24
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