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Re: Voyage a reculons en angleterre et en ecosse

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:35:20 +0200 (MET DST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

> I would like to become a member of JVF and to exchange some important
> information about my favourite writer. And for the first time I would
> like to know whether the novel Voyage a reculons en angleterre et en
> ecosse, which was not printed during Verne's life, has already been
> printed (and if yes, was it translated?). I'm from the Czech Republic
> and the only information I could get here, was that this book or just
> a manuscript exists. Is that a real novel like Paris in the XX century
> or just a travel book? If anyone has some more information, please let
> me know.

It is a novel, but the two main characters look a lot like Verne and his
friend Hignard. The 'adventures' are mainly the ones that Verne himself
had during the trip. In this sense, the novel is rather like 'Une ville
flottante' (floating city), minus the Drake/Ellen storyline.

Regards,
Garmt.
Received on Mon 16 Jul 2001 - 12:35:40 IDT

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