Ocupation: Novelist
Life: February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905
Birthday: February 8
Death: March 24
The colonists had no library at their disposal; but the engineer was a book which was always at hand, always open at the page which one wanted, a book which answered all their questions, and which they often consulted.
source: Jules Verne (2016). “The Mysterious Island (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.127, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
topic: Book, Hands, Library, Colonists