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Re: Vincent Parke edition (1911) of _Journey_

From: Norm Wolcott <nwolcott~at~kreative.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 15:19:05 -0500
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Are you sure that Center of the Earth is in PG? this is the list I got from
their Web site, which may not be up to date--Maybe we can keep it off.
1
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Sep 1994
2
Around the World in 80 Days _ Junior Edition
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Apr 2000
3
Around the World in 80 Days
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Jan 1994
4
De La Terre a La Lune
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Jan 1997
5
>From the Earth to the Moon
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Sep 1993
6
In Search of the Castaways
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Feb 2000
7
Michael Strogoff
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Aug 1999
8
Mysterious Island, The
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Apr 1998
9
Off on a Comet! A journey through planetary space
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Jun 1998
10
Survivors of the Chancellor, The
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Apr 1999
11
Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger, The
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Feb 1999
12
Tour Du Mond 80 Jours
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Jan 1997
13
Underground City, or, The child of the cavern, The
by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Released: Jun 1998

Although Boss says she has done Blockade Runners I don't see it on the
list.

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> From: Arthur B. Evans <aevans2~at~mail.tds.net>
> To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>
> Subject: Vincent Parke edition (1911) of _Journey_
> Date: Saturday, February 12, 2000 3:19 PM
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I have compared the 1911 Vincent Parke (ed. Charles F. Horne) version of
> Verne's _Journey to the Center of the Earth_ with the "Von Hardwigg"
version
> first published by Griffith & Farran in 1871.
>
> Guess what? The Parke version is a severely abridged and altered "Von
> Harwigg"!
>
> The very first page will identify each:
> Parke: "My uncle was a German, though I am English, he having married by
> mother's sister."
> Griffith & Farran: "My uncle was a German, having married my mother's
> sister, an Englishwoman."
>
> The Parke version deletes huge chunks of text from the original Griffith
&
> Farran translation: the leper colony in Iceland, the explanation of how
> coal is formed, about half of Axel/Harry's "prehistoric dream," and many
> other scientific/historical passages.
>
> Normally, I would say that less=better for this particular translation.
But
> it seems that this reprint of _Journey_ happens to be the one that
Project
> Gutenberg has decided to scan for posterity.
>
> And that is unfortunate indeed....
>
> Art
>
Received on Mon 14 Feb 2000 - 22:25:31 IST

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