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Re: La libert?, la musique et la mer

From: Jan Rychlík <jan.rychlik~at~seznam.cz>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:19:33 +0200 (CEST)
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I would like to return once again to the Paul writings.

I seem to remember that there is a dispute over the authorship of Une ville flottante. According to Ducrest (if I am not mistaken), Paul was the real author of the novel, and Bill shares this opinion (sorry, Bill, if I do not remember well), while Volker´s biography of Verne does not pretend it and cites Poe´s Oblong case as a possible model for the story (and an apologize to Volker, if I am again mistaken).

Are there any other indications than the (Ducrest) memoir of Verne?

I see that the book is far from super, but it is also full of typical Vernian passion for steamers and sea travel. In the Verne-hetzel Correspondence, there is a mention of Hetzel´s dislike of the story and Vernes conviction that a real story can attract his readers. So I think he originally wrote a book of travels, but was forced to add a Poe-like story (far behind Poe´s quality). I have always thought that a merge of the novel with the Humbug would have been more plausible reworking of the (possible) original version of the novel.

And there is in fact Verne´s diary of the travel in the Amiens Library.

Jan

> ------------ Původní zpráva ------------
> Od: <jcrovisier~at~free.fr>
> Předmět: Re: La libert?, la musique et la mer
> Datum: 13.8.2008 09:48:36
> ----------------------------------------
> Selon Ian Thompson <Ian.Thompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk>:
>
> > 3 The Soc de Géo has two quite good photos of Chaffenjon's Orinoco 1885
> > expedition in its collection...might be of interest as illustrations in you
> > thesis.
> > Regards,
> > Ian
>
> I guess the whole set of photographs from Chaffanjon's Oronico expedition
> is kept at the library of Société de Géographie.
>
> Some of them were shown last year in an exhibition at Bibliothèque de
> France and are posted here:
>
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/arret/11.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/50.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/51.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/52.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/53.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/54.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/231.htm
> http://expositions.bnf.fr/socgeo/grand/241.htm
>
> If this has not been already done, it would be interesting to compare these
> photographs (and the drawings made from them by Riou in Chaffanjon's book)
> with the illustrations by Roux in Le Superbe Orénoque.
>
> Jacques Crovisier
>
>
>
>
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