Selon Garmt de Vries-Uiterweerd <g.devries~at~phys.uu.nl>:
> Bicycles are seen in Claudius Bombarnac
> (Bombarnac is astounded to see them in Samarkande) and in Testament d'un
> excentrique (Harris T. Kymbale racing to meet his deadline in Olympia).
>
A bicycle (and even a motorcycle) is also mentionned in
"La Chasse au météore" (both versions).
Interestingly, the topic of bicycles in JV's novels was just
discussed yesterday in the French JV forum. Volker commented
that apparently, JV disliked bicycles, as is revealed by the minutes
of Amiens town council.
http://www.fredericviron.com/verne/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1321&forum=1#7208
Jacques Crovisier
Received on Fri 25 Jan 2008 - 18:00:42 IST
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