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Re: Reading Jules Verne--any takers?

From: Mark Eckell <mark_eckell~at~hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 11:37:48 +0000
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il

Garmt

I have to admit it wasn't easy. I also read them in order one right after
the other. By the time I got to the 3rd volume, it was getting more and
more difficult. However, I was a history major in school so I could
probably withstand it better than many.

I also have a great interest in geography so the Geography might not be too
bad to read. Perhaps, that's one of the reasons I was attracted to Verne in
the first place. However, you're probably right. The Geography would
certainly not have a story line. It would be interesting though to see how
the geography has changed since the volume was written.

Mark

>From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
>Reply-To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
>Subject: Re: Reading Jules Verne--any takers?
>Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:08:02 +0200 (CEST)
>
>>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.

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