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Re: An early interview UPDATE

From: BGYKrauth <BGYKrauth~at~t-online.de>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 05:10:59 +0100
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

... this was clear to me immediately that it was taken from somewhere else when I read the final remark. But anyhow I mean I can not find anywhere something mentioned about an interview in this year 1887 in the Verne research...

Brgds

B.K.
 
 

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www.bremerhavenpilot.de

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jan Rychlík
  To: Jules Verne Forum
  Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 12:40 AM
  Subject: Re: An early interview UPDATE


  It is better to look around better before speculating... Few seconds of Internet search reveal that "Mail and Express" was a New York newspaper (1882-1924), so the interview first appeared there, surely.
  Best regards
  Jan
> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
> Předmět: Re: An early interview
> Datum: 05.2.2007 00:29:03
> ----------------------------------------
> > I think this interview was not yet known, at least I couldn't find
> > anything about it...
> But the final remark "Paris Cor. New York Mail and Express" suggests that the
> interview might be a kind of agency news. Judging upon the contents of the
> newspaper I wonder that Quincy Whig itself had a Paris Correspondent. Hence a
> possible earlier publication of this interview should now be sougt for, most
> probably in National or at least New York newspapers.
> Best regards
> Jan
> >
> >
> >
> > mail from:
> >
> > Bernhard Krauth
> >
> > have a look at:
> >
> > www.jules-verne.eu
> >
> > www.jules-verne-club.de
> >
> > www.bernhard-krauth.de
> >
> > www.bremerhavenpilot.de
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Jan Rychlík
> > To: Jules Verne Forum
> > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: An early interview
> >
> >
> > Dear Bernhard,
> > Quincy Daily Whig was published in Quincy, Illinois.
> > You can find the issue in the library of Quincy at:
> >
> >
> http://archive.quincylibrary.org/Archive/skins/QPL/navigator.asp?BP=OK&AW=1170611266656
> > Christian Sánchez did a good job!
> > Best regards
> > Jan
> > > ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> > > Od: BGYKrauth <BGYKrauth~at~t-online.de>
> > > Předmět: Re: An early interview
> > > Datum: 04.2.2007 10:33:39
> > > ----------------------------------------
> > > Interesting. Can you give more detail about the publication as where did
> > this
> > > Quincy Daily Whig appeared, what page of the paper and maybe - if you
> found
> > it
> > > online - where? Or does anybody else knows about this text? On a fast
> look
> > I
> > > couldn't find any text like that in this period.
> > >
> > > Brgds
> > >
> > > Bernhard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > mail from:
> > >
> > > Bernhard Krauth
> > >
> > > have a look at:
> > >
> > > www.jules-verne.eu
> > >
> > > www.jules-verne-club.de
> > >
> > > www.bernhard-krauth.de
> > >
> > > www.bremerhavenpilot.de
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Christian Sánchez
> > > To: Jules Verne Forum
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:27 AM
> > > Subject: An early interview
> > >
> > >
> > > This interview appeared in The Quincy Daily Whig (Date: Aug 13, 1887).
> > >
> > > Highlights:
> > >
> > > "Ah! the dates! they give more trouble than you can imagine."
> > >
> > > "I regret my ignorance of the English language."
> > >
> > > "I always give the Americans my best parts."
> > >
> > > ...a planisphere upon which M. Verne has traced in lines of different
> > colors
> > > the voyages of his heroes.
> > >
> > > ------
> > >
> > > JULES VERNE AT HOME
> > >
> > > THE BEGINNING OF HIS CAREER AS A WRITER OF ADVENTURE
> > >
> > > He Owes a Great Deal to Poe and to Cooper - How He Writes a Story - A
> > Terror
> > > to the Proof Reader - His New Novel.
> > >
> > > Jules Verne was born at Nantes, in 1828; to be precise, Feb. 8. He
> wears
> > > lightly his 59 years of life. His hair and beard are white, but his face
> is
> > > young, unfurrowed, and there is an expression of frankness in it, and in
> > his
> > > clear, calm blue eyes, that always won a heart. Being a Breton, he was
> born
> > with
> > > a profound admiration for the sea; at 12 he had read "Robinson Crusoe",
> and
> > had
> > > begun to think of writing stories of shipwrecks.
> > >
> > > He studied law, was graduated at the law school, went into the stock
> > exchange,
> > > not as one of the venerable institution created by an ordinance of
> Philippe
> > le
> > > Bel, but behind the scenes, in it but not of it, like the gulf stream in
> > the
> > > ocean.
> > >
> > > It had flashed his mind that he might go to California and seek a gold
> > mine
> > > and find it, and then devote himself to literature; but as he was writing
> > > constantly, the Gymnase playhouse found something to accept in his mass
> of
> > > manuscripts. It was a comedy in verse, in one act, "Les Pailles Rompues",
> > and it
> > > had been written with Alexandre Dumas fils as a co-laborer. Dumas is his
> > friend.
> > > Mark this, for Dumas is not a prodigal of his friendship, and is a
> perfect
> > miser
> > > at praising the work of others. I have heard him say of Jules Verne that
> if
> > he
> > > were a foreigner there would be nothing too good for him in France. Jules
> > Verne
> > > says that he has been fortunate in the friendship of Dumas and of an
> > editor,
> > > Hetzel, who coached him, kept him in line, prevented him from making
> > excursions
> > > in the domain of Balzac, ever since the day of his first novel, "Five
> Weeks
> > in a
> > > Balloon", made him able to live by his pen. That was in 1862. Since then
> he
> > has
> > > written fifty volumes, two every year.
> > >
> > > SOURCES OF INSPIRATION
> > >
> > > Had he caught his inspiration from Edgar Poe, whose influence, in the
> > vivid
> > > translations of Baudelaire, has been great on French men of letters? Were
> > the
> > > impressions of the brothers de Goncourt in 1856 similar to his own? M.
> > Verne
> > > said yes, that he owed much to Edgar Poe and much to Fenimore Cooper, of
> > whom he
> > > is an ardent admirer.
> > >
> > > His object was to write books that the young could read with profit. He
> > had no
> > > pretensions to being a savant, a man of science. He read incessantly.
> > Whenever
> > > he was in doubt he went to town to one he knew. Joseph Bertrand, of the
> > > institute, had been his adviser on many occasions. He would make errors,
> > > perhaps, but not very grave ones. I asked him if his stories were not
> > worked
> > > backward, like Gobelin tapestry. He said that he never commenced to write
> a
> > > story without knowing how it was going to end. He writes the plot, then
> > studies
> > > the details. The results of his studies are in notes of one word in
> columns,
> > on
> > > sheets of paper, letter size. These words refer to books on his library
> or
> > to
> > > other notes of ideas or facts. When he has become familiar with his
> notes,
> > he
> > > writes the story. His manuscript is remarkably neat, on the left of a
> > letter
> > > page, leaving a wide margin at the right for the dates. "Ah! the dates!
> > they
> > > give more trouble than you can imagine." And the names? His proof reading
> > costs
> > > a good deal of money to the editor, he says. He sends the original
> > manuscript to
> > > the printer without an erasure, and there are eight successive proofs to
> be
> > > corrected by him. He is fastidious in the extreme with regard to style;
> that
> > has
> > > to be absolutely faultless.
> > >
> > > HIS NEW NOVEL
> > >
> > > He goes to bed at 8 o'clock, gets up early and is at work until midday
> in
> > his
> > > cozy workshop on the second floor, from which we saw a parade and review
> by
> > the
> > > division general of the whole garrison. The men march with a swing of the
> > arm
> > > that gives them dash and light airiness, something that makes you feel
> that
> > > their heart is in it or that they would throw it over an obstacle as a
> > rider
> > > does to make the horse leap.
> > >
> > > "What made you write 'North and South'" I asked.
> > >
> > > "Fifty lines out of a few pages of the Comte de Paris' history of the
> > civil
> > > war in America. The Comte de Paris and I have always entertained
> pleasant,
> > > friendly relations, and I was in sympathy with the north at the time of
> the
> > > war.
> > >
> > > "What material did I use? Everything and anything that I could find. I
> > regret
> > > my ignorance of the English language. I have to use translations and
> > > translators. The story is interesting because it rests upon alibis and
> the
> > key
> > > is at the end of the story. I have another work under way. I have thought
> > that
> > > there was room for another Robinson. There is 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Swiss
> > Family
> > > Robinson', the 'Mysterious Island'. The first Robinson is alone, the
> second
> > has
> > > a family, the third is a company of engineers, men of learning. I am
> writing
> > the
> > > story of a boarding school for boys. There are eighteen of them; fifteen
> of
> > them
> > > are English, two French and one American. I shall place them upon a well
> > fitted
> > > yacht, that shall be shipwrecked upon an island that is not well known,
> but
> > > exists. The eldest boy 14 years of age, the youngest 8. They shall have
> all
> > the
> > > necessary tools to take care of themselves."
> > >
> > > "I trust you will make the American boy a fine fellow."
> > >
> > > "I always give the Americans my best parts. I have a profound
> veneration
> > for
> > > the American people. I wanted to see it landed as it deserves to be. The
> > > American is to be the practical, progressive boy of the party."
> > >
> > > In the hall that leads from the stairway to the work room is a large
> chart
> > of
> > > the world, a planisphere upon which M. Verne has traced in lines of
> > different
> > > colors the voyages of his heroes.
> > >
> > > His entire work, when completed, is to be the amusing description of
> the
> > > earth's geography. - Paris Cor. New York Mail and Express.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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