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In this early novel, Jules Verne displays what would become the hallmarks of his later writing: an adventuresome plot peppered with fascinating detail and set against a grand historical backdrop. Here, Dr. Samuel Ferguson attempts to explore Africa via hot-air balloon, and find the source of the mighty Nile.
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Victor Marie Hugo (1802–1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement and is considered one of the greatest French writers. Hugo’s best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchbak of Notre-Dame, 1831, both of which have had several adaptations for stage and screen.
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