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Re: Fully Illustrated Verne books with good translations?

From: Ron Miller <spaceart~at~embarqmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:14:13 -0400 (EDT)
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You might be interested in some of these:

http://www.black-cat-studios.com/black-cat-press/julesverne.html

From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon are brand-new translations and include all the original art. The Purchase of the North Pole is a corrected and edited version of the original translation and also contains all the original art.

Ron

----- Hardwicke Benthow <hbenthow~at~ymail.com> wrote:
>Thank you. It appears that the information you provided will be quite useful. When I have time, I will read those pages about the various translations.

Is there any chance that Wesleyan University press may someday publish editions of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea", the Gun Club novels, and/or other Verne books?
From: aevans2 tds.net <aevans2~at~tds.net>
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Fully Illustrated Verne books with good translations?

At the risk of plugging my own work, I would encourage you to look at the Verne novels published in the Wesleyan University Press "Early Classics of Science Fiction" series. They include *all* the original illustrations as well as critical materials by recognized Verne scholars. Many are first English-language translations.

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http://www.upne.com/series/SFS.html

For an overview of the different English-language translations of Verne's works (and their quality), you can go here:

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http://jv.gilead.org.il/evans/VerneTrans%28article%29.html
http://jv.gilead.org.il/evans/VerneTrans%28biblio%29.html

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Best,
Art


On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Hardwicke Benthow <hbenthow~at~ymail.com> wrote:

>There are some editions of Jules Verne books in English which are fully illustrated with the original illustrations, but most of them are 19th century translations. As you know, many 19th century Verne translations are poor ones.

>
On the other hand, I have found good, complete translations of many of Verne's works, but many of them are either not illustrated, or have only some of the original illustrations, usually either just one, or only about twenty or so. So, my question is this: Are there any good translations of Verne books that are fully illustrated with all of the original Riou, De Neuville, etc, illustrations? I'm especially interested in finding such editions of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", and the first two Gun Club books, but any and all
> well-translated, fully illustrated (by the original illustrators) Verne editions are welcome.

I have the Jordan Stump translation of "Mysterious Island", which is illustrated, but it only has some of the original illustrations, not all. I also have a book containing three fully illustrated Verne Books: "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in Eighty Days", and "The Clipper of the Clouds". "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is definitely a poor translation. However, "Around the World and Eighty Days" is the George Towle translation, and "The Clipper of The Clouds" is taken from the
> 1887
> Sampson
> Lowe & Company version. Does anyone know if these "Around the World in Eighty Days" and "Clipper of the Clouds" translations are good ones or not? I also have a non-illustrated "Journey to the Center of the Earth", taken from the 1876 George Routledge and Sons edition. Does anyone know if this is a good translation or not?

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But back to the main point. Does anyone know of any good translations of Verne Books that are fully illustrated with the original illustrations? Also, are the translations of "Around the World in Eighty Days", "The Clipper of the Clouds", and
> "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
> which I mentioned good ones? And which translation of "Mysterious Island" is the best, Jordan Stump or Sidney Kravitz? (I don't know, having only read the Jordan Stump one.) I would be grateful for any answers to these questions.

>

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