![]() The librarian turns out to be his long-hidden uncle, Monsieur Huguenin. Michel's last resort is the Imperial Library. Nothing but books about technology are available in bookstores. The rest of that day, Michel searches for literature by classic 19th-century writers, such as Hugo and Balzac. Boutardin doubts Michel can do anything in the business world. The day after graduation, Boutardin tells Michel that he is to start working at a banking company. Michel had been living with his respectable uncle, Monsieur Stanislas Boutardin, and his family. Michel, whose father was a musician, is a poet born too late. Plot SummaryThe novel's main character is 16-year-old Michel Dufrénoy, who graduates with a major in literature and the classics, but finds they have been forgotten in a futuristic world where only business and technology are valued. His publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, would not release the book because he thought it was too unbelievable, and its sales prospects would be inferior to Verne's previous work, Five Weeks in a Balloon. Many of Verne's predictions were remarkably on target. Often referred to as Verne's "lost novel", the work paints a grim, dystopian view of a technological future civilization. Written in 1863 but first published 131 years later (1994), the novel follows a young man who struggles unsuccessfully to live in a technologically advanced, but culturally backwards world. The book presents Paris in August 1960, 97 years in Verne's future, where society places value only on business and technology. Author Jules Verne Original title Paris au XXe siècle Translator Richard Howard Country France Language French Genre Science fiction novel Publication dateġ996 Media type Print Paris in the Twentieth Century ( French: Paris au XXe siècle) is a science fiction novel by Jules Verne. ![]()
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