a vision of the future that was far too negative and unbelievable for contemporary audiences, though to many present-day scholars the story was remarkably accurate in its predictions. Verne locked the manuscript away and no longer wrote futuristic, dystopian stories. Paris in the Twentieth Century was first published in France in 1994. Hetzel was an atheist. Writing under the pseudonym P.-J. Stahl, he was the author of many stories for children and young people. He died in Monte Carlo in 1886. After Hetzel's death, the publishing business was directed by his son and was later purchased by Hachette in 1914. See also For more examples of the pictures featured in the books: Captain Nemo Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Nautilus References External links Les Cartonages Hetzel (in French). An authoritative site to identify a Jules Verne book. Pierre-Jules Hetzel and Elisée Reclus Hetzel and Verne: Collaboration and Conflict 1814 births 1886 deaths People from Chartres French atheists French speculative fiction editors French speculative fiction publishers (people) Jules Verne Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery 19th-century French novelists 19th-century French businesspeople University of Strasbourg alumni