UJules Verne ngomnye wababhali okhuthaza kakhulu abantwana xa beshiya ngasemva iindaba kwaye baqala ekufundeni iinoveli.
Ngapha koko, yayingabaphulaphuli apho i sebenza kwaye ubukhulu becala uVerne ube negalelo kwinkcubeko yezizukulwana ezininzi ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe.
Uninzi lwezityholo zikumhleli UJules Hetzel, owabona eVerne umbhali okwazi ukunxibelelana nolutsha nasemva kokuba efunde "Iiveki ezintlanu kwiBhaluni" waqhagamshelana nombhali ukuba amnike ithuba lokuqhuba inkqubo yemfundo yolutsha ebandakanya ukupapashwa kweenoveli ezintathu ngonyaka, enkosi leyo "Uhambo olungaqhelekanga" luyavela.
UJules Hetzel ngokwakhe wayenza yacaca into awayeyifuna xa eqesha IVerne kulo msebenzi awathi ngamazwi akhe awazimisela ngenjongo akukho nto ingaphantsi "kokushwankathela lonke ulwazi lwejografi, lwejografi, lomzimba nolwenzululwazi oluqokelelwe yinzululwazi yanamhlanje."
Ngaphandle kokuthetha, le projekthi ilukuhlile ingqondo ephuphayo enje ngoVerne ukusuka ekuhambeni. Ngapha koko, uVerne ubonakalise amabhongo ngakumbi kunomhleli wakhe kwaye nangona ebambe ngokugqibeleleyo oko bekuceliwe kuye, wayefuna ukuya kwelinye inyathelo ngokunika isihloko senqaku lothotho "Uhambo oludlula kwihlabathi eliyaziwayo nelingaziwayo."
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