The Begum's Fortune

The Begum's Millions
AuthorJules Verne
Original titleLes Cinq cents millions de la Bégum
TranslatorMrs. Agnes Kinloch Kingston and W. H. G. Kingston (1879), I. O. Evans (1958), Stanford L. Luce (2005)
IllustratorLéon Benett
LanguageFrench
SeriesVoyages extraordinaires #18
GenreUtopian and dystopian fiction, Science fiction[1]
PublisherPierre-Jules Hetzel
Publication date
1879
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1879
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Preceded byDick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen 
Followed byTribulations of a Chinaman in China 

The Begum's Fortune (French: Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum, literally "the 500 millions of the begum"), also published as The Begum's Millions, is an 1879 novel by Jules Verne, with some utopian elements and other elements that seem clearly dystopian.

  1. ^ Canavan, Gerry (2018). The Cambridge History of Science Fiction. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-31-669437-4