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As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme

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Jules Verne
Age: 77 †
Born: 1828
Born: February 8
Died: 1905
Died: March 24
Esperantist
Geographer
Librettist
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Jules Gabriel Verne
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