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Re: Newbie questions

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:10:56 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

> 1- In the books I've read untill now there are very few women and these few
> are always secondary characters, more or less... extras. Does it is so in
> every Verne's novel? Is there any woman starring in other novel?

It's true that women are rare in Verne's novels. But there are a few
strong female characters:
- Paulina Barnett (Pays des fourrures)
- Nadia Fedor (and Marfa Strogoff!) (Michel Strogoff)
- Helena Campbell (Rayon vert)
- Hadjine Elizundo (Archipel en feu)
- Dolly Branican (Mistress Branican)
- Jeanne de Kermor (Superbe Orenoque)

I could add some others like Aouda, Helena Glenarvan, Mary Grant, Nell,
Hulda Hansen, Bridget Morgaz, Cornelia Cascabel, Louise Elissane, Lissy
Wag, Jenny Zermatt, Ilka Nicolef, and many others, who are not heroins in
the full sense of the word, but are still major characters.

> the middle of the book, so the situation may change to the end. But why! Why
> does Verne is so angry against hebrews?

There have been some discussions in the forum on this topic. See for
example http://jv.gilead.org.il/forum/1997/01/0045.html

Best regards,
Garmt.
Received on Tue 09 Sep 2003 - 11:43:45 IDT

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