[DOC] [TLE] Jules Verne, Playwright [PAR] Before that, however, the majority of his literary activity was devoted to the theater
. ... the plays he wrote during his youth (before he met Hetzel), his operas and ... 
Mentored by Dumas, Verne produced his first staged play, Les Pailles .... 
Following the appearance of Verne's first four novelsFive Weeks in a Balloon (
1863),... [DOC] [TLE] Literature - Jules Verne - A Century of Fantascience - Heindorffhus [PAR] Jul 24, 2006 ... His uncle introduced him into literary circles and he started to publish ... However, 
from 1848 until 1863 he earned his living by writing opera librettos and plays, 
and ... and wrote his first science fiction tale, A voyage in Balloon (1851), ... he 
held until his successful tale Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) in the... [DOC] [TLE] Jules Verne - Wikipedia [PAR] Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for 
his adventure .... In 1840, the Vernes moved again to a large apartment at No. .... 
He wrote to his father: "You should already know, dear papa, what I think of the .... 
and would eventually become his first published novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon. [DOC] [TLE] Three Novels | Knopf Doubleday [PAR] Born in France in 1828, he wrote brilliantly about space, air, and underwater ... 
He was soon writing plays and opera librettos, and his first play was produced in 
1850. ... Soon he was turning out imaginative stories such as Five Weeks in a 
Balloon ... His biggest success came with Around the World in Eighty Days (1872
). [DOC] [TLE] Jules Verne - Author - Biography.com [PAR] Sep 1, 2016 ... He hit his stride after meeting publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel, who ... Often referred 
to as the "Father of Science Fiction," Verne wrote ... However, he refused to 
abandon his writing career, and that year he also published his first book, The ... 
In 1863, Hertzel published Five Weeks in a Balloon (Cinq semaines... [DOC] [TLE] Jules Verne facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] Verne's first long work of fiction, Five Weeks in a Balloon, took the form of an 
account of a journey ... Verne wrote his two masterpieces when he was in his 
forties. [DOC] [TLE] Jules Verne Biography | Classic Literature [PAR] He penned his first book at the age of 35, and also wrote numerous plays, short 
stories, .... That year, the family moved again, this time to a large apartment at 
Rue ... Despite his lack of success, he never gave up on the dream that one day 
he ..... Even before the first copies of Five Weeks in a Balloon went on sale, Verne 
was... [DOC] [TLE] The Submarine Technology of Jules Verne - US Navy Hosting [PAR] A Little-Known Lab Makes A Big Impact! ... He wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues 
Under the Sea ... Even so, Verne continued his literary work and simultaneously 
began ... The first fruits of this dual avocation were his 1863 novel Five Weeks in 
a Balloon, ... of what appears to be a gigantic sea creature unlike any seen 
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under ... which he held until his successful tale Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) in 
the series ... And before it, Cyrano de Bergerac wrote Voyages to the Moon and 
Sun ... and essays, thirty plays, some geographical works, and also opera 
librettos. [DOC] [TLE] Jules Verne  Random House Academic [PAR] He was soon writing plays and opera librettos, and his first play was produced in 
1850. ... Soon he was turning out imaginative stories such as Five Weeks in a 
Balloon ... His biggest success came with Around the World in Eighty Days (1872
). ... wrote a novel that his literary agent deemed too farfetched to be published. [DOC] [TLE] Doctor Ox's Experiment | Gavin Bryars [PAR] Sep 13, 2009 ... Opera;

Question: Prior to his first big literary success with "Five Weeks in a Balloon", he wrote librettos & plays
Answer: Jules Verne