Pilotul de pe Dunăre

by Jules Verne

Sigmaringen, 1876. Fort de sa victoire dans le concours de pêche organisé par la ligue danubienne, Ilia Brusch, maître pêcheur magyar, se lance dans un pari insensé : 3 000 kilomètres le long du Danube, sans vivre d'autres ressources que celle de sa pêche !
Mais lorsque les escales se mettent à coïncider étrangement avec une vague de méfaits, meurtres et cambriolages qui jalonnent le cœur de l'Europe, c'est Karl Dragoch, chef de la police danubienne, qui va tenter de percer le mystère de cette embarcation, de ses occupants – et surtout de ce bien singulier et impassible capitaine Brusch.

Genres: Adventure, Classics, Fiction, France, French Literature, 19th Century, Novels

163 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1908

About the author

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the author's less-known (posthumous) works, this one is the tale of a river pilot trying to get back home in the midst of war and banditry. It sets itself up as a mystery novel, enticing the reader with wonder on the main character's identity, his connection to the bunch of scofflaws, and the purpose of his mission - only to throw it all away by quite soon giving every answer to the reader, us having to do nothing to earn it. This is rather a missed opportunity.

But it is still a reasonably exciting tale on its own, involving peril and challenges and acts of audacity and a couple gripping scenes. I just feel that it doesn't realize its ultimate potential. Not one of Verne's best, but worth a go if you've nothing else to read today.

[Chas Smash · Rating 4 out of 5]

Julio Verne es todo un maestro en este tipo de libros. En este caso la historia es algo más compleja compuesta por tres historias casi paralelas. El mayor atractivo es el viaje por el Danubio cuyo desenlace te mantendrá alerta todo el tiempo.

4/5

[Pavle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Uzeo sam ovu knjigu na Sajmu jer sam video da ima Zemun na koricima i jer je koštala 100 din. Iz ove perspektive, sjajna odluka. Detektivi, razbojnici, pecaroši, revolucionari - prava avantura, i to sve na Dunavu, sa pomalo putopisnim opisima reke i gradova. Šta se može više poželeti?

Žil Vern u Zemunu. Bombona.

[Aleksandar Obradović · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prosto mi je nevjerovatno da mi je ovo do sada bilo nepoznato.

[Rafael Ontivero · Rating 5 out of 5]

De nuevo, en la edición de Sáenz de Jubera, última novela del tomo XIII (y me queda uno para haberlas leído todas -y volver a empezar por el principio).

Esta novela fue enteramente reescrita por el el hijo de Verne, y se nota porque resulta bastante dinámica y con menos entretenimientos descriptivos de lo que es habitual en el autor. Como no he tenido acceso a la original -que creo está publicada recientemente solo en francés-, no puedo ser my conclusivo con mis comentarios.

La novela está muy bien escrita, lejos de las ahorradas típicas de Michel, y la trama policial es muy buena, engañando al lector, o confundiéndolo a base de bien, aunque más o menos a mitad del libro se deja entrever quién es quién.

[Тихомир Дулев · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Хубавият жълт Дунав" е оригиналната версия на романа, написана от Жул Верн, но това не е по-добрата версия. Много различен от "Дунавският лодкар". Много по-муден и безличен, пълен с ненужна информация за дунавските селища и забележителности. Много слаби герои. Това, което е направил неговият син Мишел, е забележително. Очевидно е пренаписал целия роман без първата глава. Добавил е българската следа. Т.е. трима български герои, двама от които водещи основното действие. Първо - Стефан Ладков - революционер от Априлското въстание. След това злодеят Стригов - главният опонент на Карл Драгош. И накрая хубавата Неша - жената на Ладков. Оттам е променил и цялото действие.
Не знам защо в goodreads са добавили двата варианта като различни издания на една и съща книга, като те са коренно различни. Така и рейтинга, който се получава, е неверен. Едната книга е съвсем различна от другата.

[پدرام مرقی · Rating 5 out of 5]

این کتاب ، اولین کتابی بود که از ژول ورن خواندم. بعدش هم جزیره در آتش و میشل استروگوف و پنج هزارفرسنگ زیر دریا.
به نظرم ناخدای دانوب و میشل استروگف بهترین ها بودند و ناخدا دانوب از آن یکی هم بهتر بود.
هنگام خواندن کتاب هیجان زیادی را حس میکردم که بدونم بالاخره آخر این نبرد روی دانوب بین ملل گوناگون چی میشه و لادکو چه رسالتی داره که باید بیاد و جونش رو تو خطر بندازه و توی این وضعیت وارد دانوب بشه. همراهش هم از لادکو نترس تر هستش که باهاش همراه شده ؛ با اینکه اصلا این دو نفر هم رو نمیشناسند و توی این جنگ هیچ کسی به کس دیگه ای نمی تونه اطمینان کنه.
در کل پیشنهاد می کنم حتما کتاب ناخدای دانوب رو بخونید ، اگر هم پیداش نکردید میتونید چاپ دهه هفتادش رو با اسم "سرژلادکو" بگیرید.

[Steve Joyce · Rating 5 out of 5]

Golden Danube is a charming little tale and Ilia Krusch is an endearing character (near the top of the list for me when it comes to Verne protagonists). The plot unfolds in a leisurely pace much as I'd imagine a cruise down the Danube itself might be. That's not to say the story is boring - not at all. The profile sketched of Mr. Krusch is well worth the reader's time and there are enough "bends in the river" (no spoilers here!) to make the whole thing interesting. A favorite among the many gems to be found in the recent Jules Verne Palik Series. This one struck my fancy.

[Jovana Đurić · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nešto drugačije od Verna, i zato 5 zvjezdica. Lagana knjižica nešto drugačijeg sadržaja, sa istorijskim podacima uz glavnu radnju.

[Peter Toth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do love Verne's works from my childhood, this one for some reason I do not remember reading before, but I might have forgot. Especially because the setting is partially based in the Hungary of the 1870s it was a read that I wanted to complete for a while. Much of the Balkans was still under Turkish rule at that time, just before the 1878 war with Russia, after which Bulgaria also became an independent state. Our protagonist is a Bulgarian revolutionary, who had to flee his homeland and ended up in Hungary under an alias to secretly aid his cause with weapons purchased abroad. There is a romantic element also, for Ladko had to leave his wife back in Bulgaria, an investigation element, where a Hungarian detective tries to figure out a case of riverside robberies and how our Ladko is connected to this at all.

All-in-all, it is a very similar narrative structure to Michell Strogoff, but the setting, the Danube as a multinational river at that time, is very interesting backdrop to the main arc. We get glimpses of life under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire through the eyes of a Frenchman, although I'm not sure if Verne ever travelled these parts of Europe himself.

I think today's central-eastern Europe can still learn from the cooperation of those times, no matter how much negative propaganda was attached to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the 20th century. If the nations of central-eastern Europe could set past grievances aside, build stronger cooperation based on mutual respect and on an equal basis, treat their ethnic minorities fairly and join forces to shape Europe the way our weight would enable us, all these Danube-countries could be much more prosperous together than they are today individually. I'm hoping that this trend will strenghten further in my lifetime.

[Tommy Verhaegen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Niks futuristisch en dus helemaal geen scifi. Wel een mooi verhaal over een mooie streek in een niet zo mooie periode uit de geschiedenis. De loop van de Donau wordt door Verne op zijn karekteristieke manier met oog voor wetenschappelijk (in dit geval vooral geografisch) detail beschreven. Dat zorgt voor een sterke achtergrond voor de liefhebbers (waartoe ik zeker behoor) en schrikt anderen eerder af heb ik recent nog vernomen.
Het eigenlijke avonturenverhaal bevat niet veel verrassingen maar is door het verloop en de beschrijving ervan spannend en vol aktie. Toch straalt het ook een zekere rust uit wat toch wel een tegenstrijdigheid lijkt. Komt het door het onderwerp: vissen en vissers wat toch eerder aan rust doet denken of omdat dit een later werk is van een schrijver die toen al lang zowel levens- als schrijverservaring te over had? Geen idee maar het zorgt wel voor evenwichtige en aangename lektuur. Doordat het verhaal gesitueerd is in een vorig tijdperk past de manier van schrijven er wonderwel bij en storen de oude gebruiken en zinswijzen niet, integendeel.

[Lovro Herbai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ha. Ispada da je jedan od Verneovih neobjavljenih i nepoznatih romana jedan od njegovih najboljih? Stvarno sam iznenađen ovom špijunskom avanturom s dunavskim gusarima, krađom identiteta, lovom zlikovaca, bijegom iz zatvora i, najuzbudljivije sam ostavio za kraj, ribolovom! Spor početak, kao i obično za Vernea, ali kad krene, onda stvarno krene. Također jedan od "aktivnijih" njegovih romana koje sam pročitao, utoliko što likovi nisu samo promatrači već i činitelji. Uglavnom u njegovim pustolovnim romanima, likovi putuju, ali ništa više od toga ne rade, kao da su na safariju, ali ovo je do grla pun roman uzbudljivim prevratima i akcijom. Bliže je nečemu poput Jamesa Bonda ili Nemoguće misije negoli bilo čemu što sam njegovo čitao dosad. Svakako vrijedno djelo koje nažalost nije uhvatilo maha kao neka druga njegova djela, iako je bolje od tih nekih!

[huzeyfe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Çocukken okuduğum ve bir solukta bitirdiğimi hatırladığım bu kitabı yeniden okumak güzel bir tecrübeydi. Yeniden okurken hatırladım, bu kitabı niye sevdiğimi. Öncelikle hikaye örgüsü akış ve sürekli ve azalmayan ne olacak duygusu. Özetle, çok akıcı bir bir macera kitabı.

[Unchiu Iasa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd call it a thriller, or a mystery, or idk, but it was amazing.

[Tormund · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Đào Kiên · Rating 3 out of 5]

Có vài bản dịch:
- Những người hoa tiêu trên sông Danube
- Người đàn bà trên tàu

[Flinx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it because i heard about a guy wanting to recreate the journey swimming all the way through.
It's not a bad book but i think i'm too old for it by now and, although i did want to learn about how the protagonist(s) untangle the whole business, i wasn't drawn into it that much.
All in all, it did revive my fondness for Jules Verne and i am considering revisiting some of the other great adventures he wrote about.

[Kristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Niko kao Vern ne može u čitaocu izazvati dječiju radost i osjećaj učestvovanja u velikoj pustolovini. Još jedna topla ljudska priča uz mnogo putovanja, zavrzlama, tajni i jednim lijepim srećnim krajem.

[Ali.h · Rating 3 out of 5]

اولین رمانی بود که خوندم و همچنین اولین کتاب از ژول ورن . بسیار جذاب و خواندنی . توصیه میکنم.

[Farseer · Rating 4 out of 5]

(59) Le Pilote du Danube (The Danube Pilot, 1908) (1 volume) 60K words


The fifty-ninth Extraordinary Voyage, the fifth one published posthumously, takes us on a boat trip along the Danube River, from its source in the Black Forest of Germany to its mouth in the Black Sea. It's the third and last Verne novel describing a river journey, after "Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon" and "The Mighty Orinoco".


First read or reread?: First read for me.


What is it about?: An unknown Magyar fisherman, Ilia Brusch, unexpectedly wins the fishing competition organized by the Danubian League. He then publicly announces his intention to make a trip along the Danube, 3000 kilometers in all, living only on his fishing (either eating the fish or selling them to obtain other products). At the same time, a wave of murders and burglaries is happening along the river. The gang of criminals have eluded the police forces of the different countries, to the point that a multi-national task force, headed by the famous police detective Karl Dragoch, has been created to catch them. Dragoch has reason to be interested in the mysterious Ilia Brusch and his boat trip.


This book was heavily modified by Michel Verne before being published. The unmodified Jules Verne manuscript was only published in 1988 with the title "Le Beau Danube Jaune". In the version that was published in 1908 as part of the Extraordinary Voyages, Michel gave much more weight to the storyline about the gang of criminals, sacrificing most of the geographical descriptions in his father's manuscript and its more relaxed, humorous tone. That way, Michel changed the humorous travelogue into a dark detective story full of action and plot twists.

As always, for these posthumous novels I'm reading the version originally published in the Extraordinary Voyages, including Michel's modifications. These versions are usually easier to find than Jules' unmodified manuscripts.

Detective stories are not very common among the voyages. "In Search of the Castaways" could be considered one of them, and also "Facing the Flag", and, later, "The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz". On the other hand, as I have mentioned, the geographical descriptions that you usually find in Verne's travelogues are absent here, sacrificed, along with Jules' satire, to make room for a more dynamic plot.

Another theme here is a political one: The background of some of the characters is linked to the struggle of the Magyars for their political freedom against the Ottoman Empire, a subject also explored in "Mathias Sandorf" and, in the case of the Greeks, in "The Archipelago on Fire". A more sympathetic portrayal of the Ottoman Empire can be found in "Kéraban the Inflexible", a novel with a more humorous tone.

So, does the approach taken by Michel work? It mostly did for me. It was a quick read (only one volume) and the eventful plot always kept me entertained. On the other hand, it's not the most sophisticated detective story: most of the surprise revelations are easy to guess, and I had to suspend disbelief regarding the, let's say, eccentric way Karl Dragoch had of leading the investigation. The lack of geographical descriptions means that the novel was a bit more generic than usual in Verne's travelogues. By that I mean that the setting could have been changed without modifying the story too much.

As an anecdote, Michel Verne used the name Jackel Semo for one of the secondary characters he created. This was the name of a real person Michel had met in Belgrade. The real Jackel Semo sued Verne and his publisher, so they changed the name of this character to Yacoub Ogul.


Enjoyment factor: I found it enjoyable, with a lot of action, even though the plot is not very sophisticated. It's interesting to compare it to other travelogues by Jules Verne, which tend to feature many more geographical descriptions.


Next up: The Survivors of the "Jonathan"


See all my Verne reviews here: https://www.sffworld.com/forum/thread...

[Socrate · Rating 3 out of 5]

În acea zi de sâmbătă 5 august 1876, o mulţime numeroasă şi zgomotoasă umplea cârciuma Hanul Pescarilor. Cântece, strigăte, clinchete de pahare, aplauze, exclamaţii alcătuiau un vacarm dominat, la intervale aproape regulate, de acea interjecţie hoch prin care bucuria germană ajunsă la paroxism obişnuieşte să se exprime.
Ferestrele cârciumii dădeau direct spre Dunăre, la marginea fermecătorului orăşel Sigmaringen, capitala enclavei princiare Hohenzollern, situată aproape la izvoarele acestui măreţ fluviu din Europa centrală. Răspunzând invitaţiei de pe firma pictată cu frumoase litere gotice, se adunaseră aici, membrii Ligii Dunărene, societate internaţională de pescari, aparţinând diferitelor naţionalităţi riverane. Şi cum nu există adunare veselă fără băutură, se bea berea de München şi vin bun unguresc, cu halbele şi paharele pline. Se şi fuma mult deoarece sala cea mare era complet întunecată de fumul mirositor care ieşea neîncetat din lungile pipe. Dacă membrii Societăţii nu se mai vedeau între ei, în schimb se puteau încă auzi, dacă nu surziseră de-a binelea. Calmi şi tăcuţi în exerciţiul meseriei lor, pescarii cu undiţa sunt, în adevăr, oamenii cei mai zgomotoşi din lume atunci când şi-au lăsat uneltele de pescuit. Ei sunt tot atât de pricepuţi în povestirea întâmplărilor lor ca şi vânătorii – ceea ce, se ştie, nu-i puţin lucru.
Erau la sfârşitul unui prânz dintre cele mai copioase, care adunase vreo sută de meseni, toţi pescari pătimaşi de apă, fanatici ai undiţei. Judecând după numărul sticlelor goale care zăceau pe mese şi în jur, pescuitul de dimineaţă le uscase bine gâtlejul. Acum venise rândul lichiorurilor pe care oamenii le-au inventat ca să urmeze cafelei.
Sunase ora trei, când mesenii, din ce în ce mai stacojii la faţă, părăsiră masa. Ca să fim drepţi, unii se clătinau şi le-ar fi fost greu să se dispenseze de sprijinul vecinilor. Dar marea majoritate aveau picioarele bine înfipte în pământ ca nişte bravi şi solizi bărbaţi ce erau obişnuiţi cu astfel de şedinţe vesele ce se organizau de câteva ori pe an în legătură cu concursurile Ligii Danubiene.

[Nenad Stojadinovic · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kratak roman koji je u početku detektivski, odnosno misterija, a onda prelazi u avanturistički.

Avgust 1876. godina. Dvojica stranaca, ribolovac Ilija Bruš i misteriozni čovek po imenu Jeger igrom slučaja postaju saputnici na Bruševom brodiću koji plovi celim tokom Dunava od Nemačke do Crnog mora. Međutim nijedan od njih dvojice nije onaj za koga se izdaje.

Za to vreme Dunavom haraju rečni razbojnici koji se ne ustežu čak i od ubistva svojih žrtvi kako bi došli do svog plena, a samo jedan čovek, detektiv po imenu Karl Dragoš, može im stati na put. Ali Dragoš najpre mora otkriti identitet vođe razbojnika koji se predstavlja kao bugarski izgnanik po imenu Latko.

Kratak ali sadržajan roman održava pažnju čitaoca koji tokom čitanja postepeno otkriva na koji način su akteri ove priče međusobno povezani.

Žil Vern takođe se bavi i istorijom i političkom situacijom podunavskih zemalja, između ostalih i kneževine Srbije u kojoj se, u vreme kada se odvija radnja romana, odvijaju srpsko-turski ratovi. Pominju se Beograd, Zemun u kome se odvija važan deo radnje, Smederevo, Đerdap. Na mene je naročito ostavilo utisak pominjanje Golupca: ,,Golubac, gde pokazuju pećinu u kojoj je sveti Georgije prema legendi ostavio telo zmaja koga je ubio vlastitim rukama".

[Gabrielle Danoux · Rating 3 out of 5]

Le beau Danube jaune est un roman posthume de Jules Verne qui avait initialement été remanié par Michel Verne qui le fit éditer sous le titre le Pilote du Danube. Il diffère assez des autres œuvres de Jules Verne que j'ai lues surtout par son côté satirique: le héros s'appelle Krusch! L'action est assez sommaire. Un pêcheur descend le Danube, des contrebandiers, un policier fort habile, cela suffit. Les descriptions sont assez convenues, mais pour le paysage roumain, on découvre des villes peu connues comme Calafat ou Orșova, où vécut une bonne partie de sa vie Otto Alscher. Les navigateurs passent également par les Portes de Fer et finissent bien entendu par le delta, à Kilia. Galați est à peine effleurée.

[XAOLER · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ця книга це саме той випадок коли взяв її в бібліотеці чисто з поваги до авторі, і так чисто за компанію з іншими. Але прочитавши її залишився задоволеним. Вкотре переконуюсь що краще сприйняття коли немає якихось попередніх очікувань.

Легка, доступно написана, водночас цікава історія яка з одного боку точиться навколо 2-3 дійових осіб і річки але тим не менша зовсім не нудна.

Важко сказати щось більше про книгу не зачіпивши сюжету. Тому якщо є час і є бажання легкого та не об'ємного детективу в стилі Жуля Верна і його любові до води, вибір як мінімум не поганий.

[Yves Lefevre · Rating 4 out of 5]

Petit roman d'aventure/policier, sans prétentions. Une intrigue enlevée et toujours plausible (un peu à la limite parfois). De petits passages historico-géographico-touristiques sur la vallée du Danube.
Bien écrit.
Les personnages sont, cependant, soit parfaitement bons, soit parfaitement méchants, mais c'est une loi du genre.

[Caterina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eser yazarın vefatı sonrası oğlu tarafından notları kullanılarak derlenip yayınlandığından bazı noktalarda üslup farkını hissedeceğiniz bir okuma süreci vaad ediyor. Aşina olduğumuz macera ve coğrafi anlatının mevcudiyeti akıcılığı her zamanki gibi arttırıyor.

Jules Verne okumayı seviyorsanız listenizde başta olmasa da bulunması gereken bir eser.

[Nguyên Lê · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars for this book, not the best of Jules Verne's, but still a worthwhile reading.
Jules shows us not only his vast imagination, but also his broad horizon in terms of geography. Along with the adventure, the beautiful landscapes of East Europe back in the days is portrayed tactfully.

[Strider · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a great idea - there was a time when there were real pirates and pirates gangs on the Danube. But instead of a deep story about those times, we've gotten a novel of mysterious identities - who's the pirate and who's the detective.
In a way, this is more a sketch for some "full" book.

[El_timonel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Не совсем обычная для Жюля Верна книга, в которой достаточно важную роль играет криминальный элемент. Но как всегда, читателю предстоит знакомство с интересными географическими деталями, связанными с рекой Дунай, этой европейской Амазонкой, ну и конечно, отважными героями.

[Martin Šuraba · Rating 5 out of 5]

Milujem historicke detektivky....a Verne mi splnil sen, plavil som sa Po Dunaji az do Cierneho mora.....a tie hostince s dzbanmi dobreho piva ..... jednoznacne odporucam