In 1863 the Polish people rose up against the Russian czar who had become their dictator. Events in History at the Time of the Novel Polish-Russian strife Added to this love was a passionate feeling about current events that would greatly affect the development of character and action in the novel. The fact that young Verne took refuge at sea reflected his deep love for the watery depths, and his interest in the ocean later resurfaced in Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, a remarkably prophetic novel. In his early teens, he ran away and worked for a day on a sailing vessel before his father fetched him home.

Meanwhile, his mother showed her fast-paced imagination, which Verne later compared to his own.

His father groomed him to become a lawyer but regularly read the latest science news to his five children. He had begun writing in his teens, creating unremarkable plays, articles, and stories. Verne combines adventure and learning in a study of freedom, revenge, and scientific discovery beneath the waves.Įvents in History at the Time of the Novelīorn in the seaport town of Nantes, France, Jules Verne reached his thirties before settling into the life of a science fiction writer, the occupation of his choice. Realizing his blunder, Doc said that he meant the book had made him 'feel like a boy'.A novel set in the depths of the world’s oceans around 1869, first published in France as a magazine serial in 1869 and as a book in 1870. In his enthusiasm, Doc had forgotten where he was Clara laughed and pointed out that the book had only been first published ten years before, therefore Doc could not have read it when he was a little boy (as far as she was aware). Emmett Brown while discussing Jules Verne with Clara Clayton on September 5, 1885, describing it as being 'my absolute favorite' when he was a little boy - as well as mentioning that he had wanted to meet Captain Nemo when he first read the book. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (in French: Vingts mille lieues sous les mers) was a novel by Jules Verne published in 1870. The first time I read that, when I was a little boy, I wanted to meet Captain Nemo!' -Doc Brown discussing his love for Jules Verne. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, my absolute favorite. Doc Brown discussing the novel with Clara Clayton in 1885.

Ten thousand leagues under the sea