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From: Nejat Bayramoglu <neckobay~at~ttnet.net.tr>
Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:29:03 +0300
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Dear friends,

I consider "Kéraban" as one of the lesser works of Verne.

You cannot expect each production of a great writer to be a great work.

I adore Hemingway for "The Sun Also Rises", "Farewell to Arms" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls", but I can't say I enjoy "Across the River and Into the Trees" as much as I do the former three.

"Kéraban" looks like a pastiche of "80 Days" and Verne is not as successful with Kéraban as he is with Phileas Fogg .

Perhaps Verne is not at home with a regressive character like Kéraban , whereas with a progressive Fogg he is perhaps at his best. And neither Bruno and Nizib combined together can overcome a Passepartout.

Tim Unwin would produce a much better literary analysis I am sure, but anyway I think Kéraban is nothing more than a medium vaudeville.

Best,

Nejat
Received on Tue 26 Oct 2004 - 22:28:28 IST

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