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Re: Reading Jules Verne--any takers?

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:08:02 +0200 (CEST)
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> If it were in English, I would read it. After all, I read the Navigator
> series book by book.

I admire your courage! The Navigator series is a lot more readable then
the Geography, I think. The stories of the great journeys can be read as
stories, it's an exciting read. The Geography is a very dull listing of
facts: for every department of France it describes the general aspect,
orography, hydrography, population, agriculture, mining, etc., and then
lists the major cities per arrondissement. It's a really good source of
reference, but there's no story at all.

I did read bits and pieces of the Geography: Lavallee's introduction, and
the texts on some regions when I wanted to know some background info.

Cheers,
Garmt.
Received on Mon 20 Sep 2004 - 14:08:13 IDT

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