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Re: Graffiti in Verne

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 14:07:44 +0200 (CEST)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

> I'm compiling a catalogue of examples of "graffiti" in Verne. I use the
> term in a broad sense, to mean a signature or a message inscribed or
> written on a surface where one would not normally expect to find writing
> -- especially a signature of the writer. (In contemporary graffiti
> culture, this person would be called the "tagger".)

- The initials A.D. (Andrea Debono) seen by Fergusson in Cinq Semaines.

- The text carved in a rock at the North Pole in Hatteras.

- The initials S.V. (Samuel Vernon) found on the trunk of a sycamore at
the river bank in Un Capitaine de 15 Ans.

- The texts written by Nordenskjold, Tudor Brown and Schwaryenkrona at the
end of Epave du Cynthia.

- Would you count the message attached to the flagpole in Deux Ans de
Vacances?

- The message left under a rock by Hodge Urrican in Testament d'un
Excentrique.

... and I'm sure I missed a few. You may also find examples "hidden" in an
illustration, but I can't think of any right now.

Epitaphs, crosses etc. don't count, I think?

Best regards,
Garmt.

PS This would have been a nice question for my rare entries contest! :)
Received on Tue 22 Jun 2004 - 15:35:26 IDT

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