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Re: How to rebuild?

From: Ernie Sjogren <esjogren~at~nc.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:19:52 -0000
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Hi,

----- Original Message -----
From: Franco Giambalvo <franco.giambalvo~at~netit.alcatel.it>
To: <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 1:47 PM
Subject: How to rebuild?


> I'm trying to write a novel. Don't know if it will be published in this
> moment, but it is a fantasy story having place in 1866 and regarding Jules
> Verne, of course: imagine a sort of adventure never reported before, with
> villains and police inspectors, and Jules as active part in the plot. I do
> not want to say more for now.
> My big problem is to revive the year 1866 and around as being there. I
ahve
> all information about Jules Verne at the epoch, of course, but I cannot
> imagine some more mundane things. . . .

<snip>

If there were illustrated newspapers and magazines (with advertising) in
that era, try reading those. The advertisements are very useful -- they
show you what was in style or in demand, how much such things cost, and how
things changed as time went by, &c. In the U.S., microfiche spools of
photographic copies, complete with advertisements, of such papers as the New
York Times are available in public libraries; perhaps there is something
equivalent for France and Great Britain.

There used to be a popular series of "everyday life" ("La vie quotidienne .
. ." books published by Hachette in French; it may still exist -- I don't
know. These were books for the layperson ("vulgarisation"). The volumes
I've seen were of variable usefulness, but perhaps the volume or two on that
era may be useful to you.

If you have access to the www, do searches from such pages as
www.altavista.com and www.google.com , both of which allow English and
non-English searches. You may find webpages and references of use to you.

Best of success with the novel!

Regards,

Ernie Sjogren
Received on Tue 27 Jun 2000 - 00:25:39 IDT

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