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Magellania. (Reviews of Books).
From: Extrapolation
Date: 20020622
Author:Taves, Brian
Jules Verne. Magellania. New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002. xiii + 187 pp. $26.95.
* Jules Verne, the ardent supporter of capitalism? That is the greatest surprise in Magellania, the newly translated original text of the book previously known as The Survivors of the Jonathan. The latter was enlarged by roughly 60% from the text bequeathed to Verne's son and literary executor, Michel, prior to its 1909 publication (with the English-language appearance not occurring until 1962). In guiding to posthumous publication six of his father's completed novels, Michel altered all ...
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