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Re: Religion in The Mysterious Island

From: margot <margot~at~attglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2000 10:24:22 -0500
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Please be careful in using (any) English translations of L'ILE
MYSTERIEUSE describing the death of Nemo. Hetzel asked JV to modify
that part of the novel to better suit the needs (in Hetzel's views) of
the reafing French family. The manuscript, the "pre-original" version
in the MAGASIN D'EDUCATION ET DE RECREATION are the best views of what
JV intended to write.

And the recent discussions about BAD TRANSLATIONS in this Forum should
make everybody careful in using the English translations and trust
them !

TODAY IS JV's 182th ANNIVERSARY.

Jean-Michel Margot

Rfbagby~at~aol.com wrote:
>
> In re Dejan's posting on the question of whether Cyrus & Pencroff mean God or
> Nemo in discussing "help"--
> I don't have citations at hand, but one of the running themes in MYSTERIOUS
> is the possibly supernatural nature of the castaway's protector. At one point
> when asked how he imagines their benefactor, one of the castaways (I can't
> recall if it's Pencroff or Gideon) describes a conventional to the point of
> caricature picture of divinity -- an old man on a cloud holding a magic
> object.
> That when they do find Nemo he is white haired and long bearded, and that he
> helps them finally "from beyond the grave," are points to remember in this
> literary discussion.
> RF Bagby
Received on Tue 08 Feb 2000 - 17:20:11 IST

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