Jules Verne in Eighty Days" (1873). Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted. Verne has been the second most-translated author in the world since 1979, ranking between Agatha Christie and William Shakespeare. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction", a
Archie Christie Larkhill. Unable to continue flying because of sinus problems, he became a transport officer, also in the Royal Flying Corps. On Christmas Eve 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I, Christie and Agatha were married at Emmanuel Church, Clifton, Bristol, close to the home of his parents. Christie was progressively promoted during the war until he became colonel. He was mentioned in dispatches five times; and, at the end of the war, he received a DSO and a CMG. After the war, Christie and Agatha took a flat in Northwick Terrace in London for a short time. Their