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RE: 27/22 juin 1862

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2003 18:37:44 +0800
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Zvi,

Interesting. In general, if I were you, I'd leave most mistakes in, since
it's a slippery slope correcting them unless you indicate somewhere what
you're doing.

In this case my Hetzel grand in -18 from about 1880 has the same discrepancy
that you indicate.

However, MER has 22 June in both places, so you should presumably do the
same.

Presumably the book editions were reset (no cutting and pasting in those
days), so on occasion introduce new mistakes.

In some Verne works, there are indeed 4 or 5 successive "corrections" of the
same word, getting worse with each new edition! Another sign of uninformed
editorial tinkering?

Bill

1/F, 46A lung Mei Village, Taipo, Hong Kong wbutcher~at~netvigator.com
http://home.netvigator.com/~wbutcher/

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Zvi Har'El
Sent: 11 July 2003 06:47
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: 27/22 juin 1862

Dear Friends,

While editing the Gallica e-text for inclusion in my site, I encountered the
following problem: In chapter VII of the second part, "Ayrton", the date of
the
Britannia is mentioned twice:

The first:

— Et à quelle époque ?

— Dans la nuit du 27 juin 1862.

— C’est cela ! c’est cela même ! s’écria Glenarvan.

The second:

Les embarcations avaient été enlevées pendant la tempête. Il fallait périr à
bord, quand, dans la nuit du 27 juin, comme l’avait parfaitement compris
Paganel, on eut connaissance du rivage oriental de l’Australie.

However, in the Livre de poche edition, and in many translations, like the
PS's "In serch of the Castaways", and in my best Hebrew translation, the
seond
date is "22 juin".

Do you have any explanatin for this?

Best,

Zvi.

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