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Re: le Figaro, 1884, French AND English?

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:41:17 -0500 (EST)
To: jvforum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Andrew, Is this a different translation of FF than we know of? If so, it
might be a good candidate for reprinting in the NAJVS newsletter.

Brian Taves
<btav~at~loc.gov>


Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005, Andrew Nash wrote:

> I have recently added a copy of the 1884 le Figaro Illustre Supplement to
> my collection.
> It contains the short story "Frritt-Flacc".
>
> But what seems to be undocumented, is that my copy contains 9 pages of ads,
> ALL in French while the text of ALL the stories are in English.
>
> All the English bibliographies I have consulted, mention the 1892
> (July) Strand publication of Dr Trifulgas as the first English
> translation of Frritt-Flacc. Well..le Figaro of 1884 (Dec) seems to have
> that beat by 8 years!
>
> French bibliographies I have consulted mention the publication of
> Frritt-Flacc in le Figaro, but fail to mention that it is in English....
> SO, Can someone confirm that le Figaro was published in French AND English!
> Merci,
> Andrew Nash
> www.julesverne.ca
Received on Tue 25 Jan 2005 - 02:41:37 IST

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