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“Charette and Jules Verne”

Life and Landscapes

But what did this local history mean to Jules Verne, who was born in that French city? NAJVS editor Brian Taves described the protagonist in The Count of Chanteleine as a man who incarnates the expected virtues of aristocracy. Brian Taves opined as much in his preface to the 2014 republication of Jules Vernes William J.

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