Michel Jean Pierre Verne (3 August 1861 – 5 March 1925) was a French novelist and editor, who was the son of

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

. He was best known for his adventure novels, which included '' The Lighthouse at the End of the World'' (1905), ''

The Golden Volcano ''The Golden Volcano'' () is a novel by Jules Verne, edited by his son Michel Verne, and published posthumously in 1906. The story takes place in the middle of the Gold Rush, and features two Canadian, French-Canadian cousins, who inherit a min ...

'' (1906), and '' The Thompson Travel Agency'' (1907).

Early life and education

Michel was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France. Because of his wayward behaviour, he was sent by his father to Mettray Penal Colony, a private reformatory near Tours, for six months during 1876. By the age of 19, he caused a scandal by eloping with an actress despite his famous father's objections. By 1883 his father was reconciled to the marriage and Michel got married—only to abandon his newlywed wife and begin a relationship with 16-year-old Jeanne Reboul, with whom he had two children before his divorce was finalized. These and other issues strained the relationship between Michel and his father, but by the time Jules died in 1905 relations between them had improved, and they had collaborated on some stories.

Career

Michel was in charge of publishing many of his father's last manuscripts, and it is rumored that Michel may have written some of them himself. Works previously attributed to Jules Verne but now considered to have been written by Michel include '' The Lighthouse at the End of the World'', ''

'' (in two parts, ''Claim On Forty Mile Creek'' and ''Flood and Flame'') and '' The Thompson Travel Agency''. Michel Verne wrote in a similar genre to his father, and was considered by his father to be a good writer, but his works are now generally considered to be inferior to those of his father. Some of his works, like '' Un Express de L'Avenir'' and '' In the Year 2889'' are notable for their use of pneumatic tubes.

Works by Michel Verne

*'' The Thompson Travel Agency'' (1907) *'' La Destinée de Jean Morénas'' *''L'Éternel Adam'' ('' The Eternal Adam'', Short Story) *''Un Express de L'Avenir'' *'' A Great Transatlantic Subway'' (Short Story) *'' In the Year 2889'' (Short Story) *'' Survivors of the Jonathan'' (published in two parts in English as ''Masterless Man'' and ''Unwilling Dictator'') *''

The Barsac Mission ''The Barsac Mission'' () is a novel attributed to Jules Verne and written (with inspiration from two unfinished Verne manuscripts) by his son Michel Verne. First serialized in 1914, it was published in book form by Hachette in 1919. An English ...

'' (1914)

External links

Verne Title Listing (Including Works by Michel Verne)
* * * 1861 births 1925 deaths Writers from Paris Jules Verne 19th-century French novelists 20th-century French novelists French science fiction writers {{France-novelist-19thC-stub