Jules Gabriel Verne (1828 - 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. In this book: Round the World in Eighty Days Translator: Henry Frith The Mysterious Island Translator: Stephen W. White A Voyage in a Balloon Translator: Anne T. Wilbur Dick Sands; the Boy Captain Translator: Ellen E. Frewer An Antarctic Mystery Translator: Frances Sarah Hoey Abandoned Translator: William Henry Giles Kingston