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Re: re P'tit Bonhomme and Leon Bennett

From: wbutcher <wbutcher~at~netvigator.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 16:28:06 +0800
To: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

Thanks for your message.

 

The answer to your first question is: yes and no. When he took the Great
Eastern to North America in 1867, the ship may have stopped/slowed down at
Queenstown, but passengers were apparently not allowed to get off. Four
documentary sources also have him sailing on a yacht to or near Ireland, but
this is probably not based on reality. (These questions are discussed, with
references and a bibliography, in my introduction to Foundling Mick (RIA,
2008), freely available on
http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/articles/pb%20intro.pdf.) The sources of
the book, including Dickens, Malot, Vallès, Busnach and de Bovet are also
presented in this introduction.

 

Bill

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

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

 

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From: owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il [mailto:owner-jvf~at~Gilead.org.il] On Behalf Of
Niamh O'sullivan
Sent: 04 March 2010 06:39
To: .
Subject: re P'tit Bonhomme and Leon Bennett

 

I have been using the Jules Verne Forum for information which I have found
fantastically useful.

 

I wonder if you can help me with a few queries. I am interested to know if
Verne went to Ireland, and if not, how did he get his information on Ireland
for P'tit Bonhomme? I am also interested in any bibliographical material on
P'tit Bonhomme.

 

Furthermore, I am interested in Leon Bennett's illustrations for P'tit
Bonhomme and wonder if you can give me any information on these. Many
thanks in advance, Niamh O'Sullivan

Niamh O'Sullivan
Professor of Visual Culture
National College of Art and Design
100 Thomas Street
Dublin 8
Ireland.
Tel: 00353(0)16364341
Mob: 00353(0)876879348
email (NCAD): visualculture~at~ncad.ie
email (personal): nosullivan~at~ireland.com

 
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