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Re: Sphinx

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:12:17 -0500 (EST)
To: jvforum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Sadly, both times that Verne's novel has been issued in an edition
together with Poe's Pym--the Fitzroy version, and a subsequent Penguin
paperback--Verne's work was brutally cut. Hopefully some publisher will
someday see that the two novels, unabridged, would make a superb single
volume.

Brian Taves
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email: <btav~at~loc.gov>


Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Arthur B. Evans wrote:

> Jerry,
>
> The translation contained in the Vincent Parke edition is horrible, and I'm
> not yet sure where it came from.
>
> The Sampson Low version, translated by Mrs. Cashel Hoey (facsimile in the
> Gregg 1975 reprint), is much better.
>
> The version published in _The Boy's Own Paper_ as "Captain Len Guy" is
> apparently terrible too, but I have not yet seen it (Jean-Michel is making
> me a photocopy to examine).
>
> Hope this helps!
> Art
Received on Tue 08 Feb 2000 - 02:12:43 IST

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