description: This newly rediscovered novel, written by Jules Verne in 1863, is set in Paris in 1960. Money and technology have taken over society and the narrator, a young poet, is forced to work in a bank. Verne's vision of our mechanized time is prescient: there are fax machines, automobiles, computers, subways, and electronic musical instruments. Illustrations.
language: English
title: Paris in the Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: Paris in the Twentieth Century
genres: Dystopia, French Literature, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Literature, Classics, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, 19th Century, France
ratings_count: 2548
publisher: Random House Value Publishing