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Re: LE BEAU DANUBE JAUNE

From: Garmt de Vries <G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2005 10:01:06 +0200 (CEST)
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Cc: mjusko~at~post.sk

Hi Marek,

I assume you subscribed to the forum, but I CC this answer to your
personal mail address, just in case.

> I would like to compare a original version Le Beau Danube jaune with a
> modified one to find differences. Can someone give me a brief summary of
> the original version ? Or is this original version somewhere on the Net
> in E-form ?

Le beau Danube jaune is not online, because it was published only
recently, and there are still copyrights on it.

The major difference is that in the original, Serge Ladko is just Serge
Ladko, a fisherman travelling down the Danube. There's one chapter in
which he is mistaken for a notorious smuggler, but the rest of the novel
is just a trip down the river, with endless lists of the species of fish
found in each region.

This sounds a bit harsh, perhaps, and a true Verne fan should of course
read this original version, but personally I liked Michel's version
better. I discussed another pair of original and Michel versions recently:
En Magellanie and Les naufrages du Jonathan. In that case, I'm not sure
which of the two I prefer. With Storitz, I clearly prefer Jules' version
over Michel's. But at any rate, it's worthwhile to read both versions of
each of the posthumous novels, and to compare them.

A pocket edition of Danube is available at FNAC (www.fnac.fr) for only
5,89 euro. I strongly recommend you to buy it.

Best regards,
Garmt.
Received on Sat 08 Oct 2005 - 11:02:01 IDT

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