Le Superbe Orénoque - 1898
The Mighty Orinoco - 2003
72 illustrations (Georges Roux)
[Voyages Extraordinaires #45 - 2 Volumes - Les Deux Ameriques]
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Jules Verne
Encyclopedia |
Myers
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Galagher
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Plot Synopsis:
(courtesy of D. Kytasaari - http://epguides.com/djk/JulesVerne/works.shtml)
Three geographers, M. Miguel, M. Felipe and M. Varinas argue amongst themselves about the location of the headwaters of Venezuela’s mighty Orinoco River. They decide to make a journey up river to settle their disagreement. At the same time, Sergeant Martial and his nephew Jean are also making this same journey, although their journey is for a different purpose. They are seeking out Jean’s father, who they hope may still be found living somewhere far upriver. The two parties meet and travel together and are soon joined by another party, Jacques Helloch and his friend Germaine Paterne. The parties on their travels upriver overcome many obstacles, but the result one adventure finds Jacques with a strange attraction to Jean. More than the source of the Orinoco will be discovered before this trip is over.
NOTE: Was published in English for the first in 2002.
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Jules Verne Encyclopedia:
"Unfortunately, Sampson Low, Marston Company abruptly broke with a twenty-five-year tradition by failing to publish this novel, which remains unavailable in translation for English language readers." |
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Published after the publication date of the Jules Verne Encyclopedia
The Mighty Orinoco
2003 (May)
Wesleyan University Press
Hardcover
The Mighty Orinoco
2002 (November)
University Press of New England
Paperback
Early Classics of Science Fiction series
First English edition of a classic Verne adventure, with a unique feminist twist.
Contents of this volume:
448 pages
73 illustrations
- Introduction (by Walter James Miller)
- The Mighty Orinoco (translated by Stanford L. Luce)
- Notes (by Walter James Miller)
- Bibliography (compiled by Arthur B. Evans) (Ed. Note: ***Excellent)
- Jules Gabriel Verne: A Biography
- About the Contributors
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-8195-6511-3
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8195-6780-9
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-8195-7457-2
NOTE: The Internet booksellers list November 2002
as the publication date, but it was not in anyone's hands until January!
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Published after the publication date of the Jules Verne Encyclopedia
The Mighty Orinoco
nd
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, Connecticut
Uncorrected Proof
translated by Stanford L. Luce
edited by Arthur B. Evans
introduction & notes by Walter James Miller
The book contents include:
- Introduction (Walter James Miller)
- The Mighty Orinoco (Trans. Stanford L Luce)
- Notes
- Bibliography (Arthur B Evans)
- Jules Gabriel Verne: A Biography (Arthur B Evans)
- About the Contributors (not present)
The rear cover of the uncorrected proof reads:
The Mighty Orinoco
Jules Verne
FIRST English edition of this classic Verne
adventure, with a unique feminist twist!
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre
that became known as science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's
famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells
the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted
Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic
Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama,
dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters
with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws - all set in a wonderfully
exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that
will appeal to ofeminists - readers will need to discover it for themselves.
This Wesleyen edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction
be renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as re[productions of
the illustrations from the original French edition.
Editor Arthur B. Evans is Professor of French at DePauw University and Managing
Editor of the scholarly journal Science Fiction Studies. He is series
editor for Wesleyan's Early Classics of Science Fiction series. Translator
Stanford Luce is Professor Emeritus of French at Miami University of Ohio.
Walter James Miller (introduction and notes) is Professor of English at The
School of Professional and Continuing Studies at New York University.
"Jules Verne was the Michael Crichton of the 19th century, a fabulist whose
ability to link technology with the imagination to create riveting pop-culture
products was uncanny."
--The New York Times
To be published by Wesleyan University Press, February 2003
440 pp. 73 b/w illus. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2"
Cloth ISBN 0-8195-6511-3. $29.95
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