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Re: [Jules Verne Forum] Newbie questions

From: Davide Rossi <daviderossi~at~libero.it>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 15:31:33 +0200
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Garmt de Vries wrote:
>> 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.

Thanks, very useful. I'm about to start a role palying game in Vernes style
and I have two female gamers who asked me about female heroins. Now I know
were to find examples :-)

>> 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

Thanks also for this.
The less complex explanations are always the better :-))

Hallo,
Davide
Received on Tue 09 Sep 2003 - 16:37:23 IDT

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