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Re:Le Rayon vert

From: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:22:20 +0200 (CEST)
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Dear Ian,
thank you for this elaboration. It explains why I like the book so much and consider it the best Verne novel inspired by his own travels. It was surely a work of love for Verne, so it is not incomprehensible why the other theme of the book is love.
Jan
> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: Ian Thompson <Ian.Thompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk>
> Předmět: Le Rayon vert
> Datum: 25.6.2008 10:24:16
> ----------------------------------------
> Le Rayon vert was based almost entirely on Verne's own journey in the Highlands
> in July 1879.
> He left Glasgow on July 17th aboard the Columba, sailed down the Clyde to the
> Crinan Canal, caught the canal barge Linnet to Crinan then the steamer from
> Crinan to Oban i.e exactly the route taken by Sam,Sib and Helena.
> On the 18th, Verne took the excursion steamer Pioneer around the island of Mull
> with stops at Iona and Staffa. The following day Verne travelled to Edinburgh by
> coach and train.Le Rayon vert follows this itinerary exactly, the only
> difference being that in the book several days are spent in Oban, Iona and
> Staffa.
> Verne did not witness the green ray personally...he just uses it as a device in
> the plot.
> I have summarised this journey in the Introduction to a new translation of Le
> Rayon vert which will be published very shortly. I will post the details of the
> book as soon as it is published.
> Ian Thompson.
>
>
Received on Wed 25 Jun 2008 - 16:22:29 IDT

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