Questions tagged [jules-verne]
For questions about Jules Verne, an author and one of the fathers of the science fiction genre, writing numerous stories that were unusual and innovative for their time and remain famous to this day, including but not limited to *Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea*, *A Journey to the Center of the Earth*, and *Around the World in Eighty Days*. For questions about his works use the work tag instead.
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Can Dr. Antekirtt give hypnotic commands to Carpena from afar?
In Jules Verne, Mathias Sandorf part 4, chapter 1, Dr. Antekirtt (Antékirtt) finds that the prisoner Carpena is very susceptible to hypnosis. Dr. Antekritt hypnotizes him with a silent glance, and ...
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around the world in eighty days - GMT vs Local Time [closed]
Why did not Phileas Fogg notice that his pocket watch ( set to London Time ) was behind the local time as he traveled eastwards?
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