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Re: Hetzel: material in English?

From: Jean-Pierre Boutin <boutin~at~versailles.inra.fr>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 18:09:34 +0200
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Mame, a catholic editor of Tours, published before Hetzel books very
well illustrated and with very beautiful romantic cartonnages. The
problem is that most of the production of this editor had constituted
of edifying stories (in French we said "bondieuseries"; is "religious
trinkets" a good translation?) without much interest currently. In
particular little (no?) of the famous French novelists of this time
were published by Mame. Hetzel, which was laic and atheistic, created
the Magasin of Education and Recreation and then published the books of
Jules Verne not to leave to the catholic editors (especially Mame) the
monopoly of the education of youth.
Best regards,
Jean-Pierre

Le mercredi, 19 oct 2005, à 23:57 Europe/Paris, MTSaler~at~aol.com a écrit
:

> Does anyone know if there are accounts in English of Hetzel? I'm
> always astounded by the quality of the popular editions he published,
> and wonder if they were exceptions, or if other French publishers
> offered similarly lavishly illustrated and constructed books to the
> general public. (His Verne editions are far more elaborate than even
> the most decorated editions published in England and America,
> including the Scribner  "Subscription" edition of _Journey to the
> Centre of the Earth_; and I've just seen the magificent polychrome
> cover for his edition of Andre Laurie's _Les Exiles des Terres_; I
> guess it amazes me that this and the Verne editions were "mass-market"
> books, albeit at the higher end of the market.)
>  
> Thanks,
> Mike
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