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Re: first children's edition

From: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:09:16 +0100 (CET)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Dear Bernhard,
thanks for this account and for the hint of another children editions, the children theatre plays. There are in Czech too. Adaptations of Verne for puppet theatre were published in 1890s.
Jan
> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: BGYKrauth <BGYKrauth~at~t-online.de>
> Předmět: Re: first children's edition
> Datum: 15.2.2007 17:16:50
> ----------------------------------------
> Hi,
>
> I don't know what time in Germany can be considered having produced the real
> first children book made from a Verne text. But the "Schreibers Kindertheater"
> published in 1895 (80 days) and 1896 (Captain Grant) (republished by the
> Jules-Verne-Club in the Paper "Nautilus" within the last 3 editions last year)
> two shortened and modified versions of the theater plays of this name including
> paper sheets wherefrom you could cut out and create the theatre stage and play
> figures of the piece - as the name "Kindertheater" allready say with the purpose
> to give this play and figures in the use of children hands. Complete novels for
> children then I can name the "Hirundu" - Edition from 1955 - 1961, but there was
> Verne for Children also earlier, this is only the better known serie. For
> example from "Captain Grant" there was an edition first published in 1880 (Otto
> Drewitz Berlin) which might be also considered as a children book as having a
> very shortened text and coloured illustrations. (see
> http://www.jules-verne-club.de/Kaleidoskop/Hartleben.html )
>
> 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: Jan Rychlík
> To: Jules Verne Forum
> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:33 PM
> Subject: Re:first children's edition
>
>
> Dear Brian,
>
> as to Czech Republic, this begun only in 1990s and without exception the books
> were translated from English.
>
> But in 1870s and 1880s, there were already severely condensed editions of some
> Verne novels, eg. 2 volume novel in some 60-70 pages. But I wonder it is
> possible to consider them juvenile editions. They had appealing image covers,
> indeed, but otherwise no illustrations and the texts were as abridged as those
> published in newspapers. And since this was for the 1st time the respective
> Verne stories were available in Czech, the books were probably read by elder
> children (>10 years).
>
> Then, in 1950s, some less abridged translations were illustrated in so a naive
> and infantile manner, that one could guess these were juvenile editions. But
> they appeared in series destined to high school youth!
>
> Jan Rychlik
> > ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> > Od: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
> > Předmět: first children's edition
> > Datum: 09.2.2007 01:51:04
> > ----------------------------------------
> >
> > Reading an article on another creator of children's entertainment led me
> > to wonder, when was the first children's edition of Verne, in what
> > country? By children's edition I don't just mean the standard condensing,
> > cutting a third of the text, ommission of potentially controversial
> > passages, or placement in a juvenile journal such as Boys Own, but rather
> > a book rewritten completely, probably laden with illustrations, to
> > deliberately appeal solely to an audience of, say, under 10 years, maybe
> > as young as 6 - 8.
> >
> > In the US this seems largely a post WWII baby boom phenomenon, following
> > on Verne in comic books, but the situation may have been different, and
> > earlier, elsewhere.
> >
> >
> > Brian Taves
> > Motion Picture/Broadcasting/Recorded Sound Division
> > Library of Congress
> > 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20540-4692
> > Telephone: 202-707-9930; 202-707-2371 (fax)
> > Email: btav~at~loc.gov
> >
> >
> > Disclaimer--All opinions expressed are my own.
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