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Re: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2009

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 13:43:36 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Ayn,

 

Amazon is distinctly careless in not distinguishing different editions and
translations of a given novel, and in this case using "Look Inside" takes
you to a different edition, which itself merely recycles an old translation.
The main page cites "THE MAN who held in his hand the document of which this
strange assemblage of letters formed the concluding paragraph remained for
some moments lost...", which is also from the old translation. So, on that
basis, it can't really be recommended.

 

Incidentally, the fine cover photo may be taken from Wikipedia, which claims
it is out of copyright worldwide, although the situation does not seem
entirely clear.

 

Best regards,

 

Bill

http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/

1A, Kai Kuk Shue Ha, Luk Keng, North District, NT, HONG KONG

 

  _____

From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
aynberg~at~lavabit.com
Sent: 09 January 2010 13:02
To: Jules Verne Forum
Subject: Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2009

 

Dear highly esteemed JV editor/translators Baxter, Butcher, Crozier, Evans,
Ivry, Kravitz, Luce, Margot, Miller, Schulman, Thompson, and Walter,

 

Very interested to read your reviews / comments on a new translation of
Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon.

 

Best regards.

 

Ayn

 

 

 

 

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Eight-Hundred-Leagues-Amazon-Jules/dp/1438529333/ref=p
d_sim_b_36

 

* Paperback: 280 pages

* Publisher: Book Jungle (November 4, 2009)

* Language: English

* ISBN-10: 1438529333
Received on Sat 09 Jan 2010 - 07:44:06 IST

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