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“Charette and Jules Verne”

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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. The lack of tradition and belief in individual initiative appealed to the young Verne.

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