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Re: 20K - which chapts to skip? (sorry 4 the blasphemy)

From: <1001~at~atlanticbb.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:12:29 -0500
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

I certainly agree with you. The Walter Miller annotations put you in the
picture of 19th Century science. This is a necessityi for appreciating
Verne's novels. While the abbreviated versions make fine reading, the
background, the infrastructure is lost.

nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Merchant" <merchant~at~latech.edu>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: 20K - which chapts to skip? (sorry 4 the blasphemy)


> My reasoning is that I think the Walter and Miller translation is the
> best, it has great footnotes, and that for those few students who
> want to do their research paper on the novel, they would have access
> to the entire text, in case they need it for their paper (some may
> actually want to tackle the differences - and what has not changed -
> in the science presented).
>
> TTFN,
> David
>
> At 04:27 PM 1/4/2008, you wrote:
> >Or why not just use the Puffiin Classics Editiion, which claims its
benefits
> >being:
> >
> >"This Puffin abridgment has taken out the more arduous and dated bits of
> >nineteenth-century science, and lists of underwater species, in order to
> >clarifiy the main, thrilling adventure story--and the character of the
> >brilliant, misanthropic Captain Nemo."
> >
> >"This epic story has been specially abridged for Puffin Classics"
> >nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
> > >
>
> --
> Instructor, Department of English.
> Louisiana Tech University
>
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