<P> In 1862 , through their mutual acquaintance Alfred de Bréhat , Verne came into contact with the publisher Pierre - Jules Hetzel , and submitted to him the manuscript of his developing novel , then called Voyage en Ballon . Hetzel , already the publisher of Balzac , George Sand , Victor Hugo , and other well - known authors , had long been planning to launch a high - quality family magazine in which entertaining fiction would combine with scientific education . He saw Verne , with his demonstrated inclination toward scrupulously researched adventure stories , as an ideal contributor for such a magazine , and accepted the novel , giving Verne suggestions for improvement . Verne made the proposed revisions within two weeks and returned to Hetzel with the final draft , now titled Five Weeks in a Balloon . It was published by Hetzel on 31 January 1863 . </P>
<P> In 1862 , through their mutual acquaintance Alfred de Bréhat , Verne came into contact with the publisher Pierre - Jules Hetzel , and submitted to him the manuscript of his developing novel , then called Voyage en Ballon . Hetzel , already the publisher of Balzac , George Sand , Victor Hugo , and other well - known authors , had long been planning to launch a high - quality family magazine in which entertaining fiction would combine with scientific education . He saw Verne , with his demonstrated inclination toward scrupulously researched adventure stories , as an ideal contributor for such a magazine , and accepted the novel , giving Verne suggestions for improvement . Verne made the proposed revisions within two weeks and returned to Hetzel with the final draft , now titled Five Weeks in a Balloon . It was published by Hetzel on 31 January 1863 . </P>
when did jules verne wrote his first book
when did jules verne wrote his first book
31 January 1863
31 January 1863