Jules Verne's Two Great Books

Reading is a great pastime. But if we people don't use our precious time in reading English books, that would be wasting time.

As I said previously, the English language is rather essential for us to learn well, so if we don't get our English in a fabulous level, we may not be able to play a better role in the busy world or have our earnings more in times. I know that this might be kinda heresy but it's absolutely true.

Jules Verne (1828-1925), aged 77 when he died, was a French author of science fiction genre. His works gave him fame that someone might have commented him as "The Second William Shakespeare". Jules Verne had a few notable novels, which are Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, From Earth To The Moon, Around The World In Eighty Days and many more. Now, we'll talk about two of his most talented works.

Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, which was one of the writer's greatest work, was out in the market in 1864. The story was about the journey of a threesome trio into the deepest place in our planet Earth, or we might say thea they were heading to the centre of it. During their trip, various types of unbelievable, surprising scenes such as enormous plants, gigantic animals and also admirable jewels were seen. The book was turned into a movie in 2008, starring Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson and Anita Briem. Have you watched it? It's quite fascinating, try to get a chance to watch it, pals.

What's the other book that brought him fame? It was Around The World In Eighty Days. From England to France, India, China, USA and lastly the main characters of the story, Phileas Fogg and his servant went back to England. The whole trip took them no more than 80 days, and just with that, Phileas Fogg won his wager, and got a substantial amount of money. The famous actor, Jackie Chan, got the role as Passeportout, who was the hero's sidekick in the movie, and maybe that's why people enjoy watching it.

I have copies of the books at home. The first one was enthralling to me so I finished reading it fast but the latter seemed dull, though the movie was amazing, and that's why I'm still working on it in such a tortoise's speed. If there is a chance, read the books, watch the movies, your English will sure be improving while you'll not waste your time at all.

By,

Euan Thum.

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