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"The Palik Series of Jules Verne, Published in conjunction with the North American Jules Verne Society, Edited by Brian Taves" Shipwrecked Family: Marooned with Uncle Robinson Castaway by pirates on a deserted island ... without tools or supplies to survive ... a mother and her children have only a kindly old sailor to help. But what explains the strange flora and fauna they find? The second volume in the Palik series, presented by the North American Jules Verne Society, offers another story never before published in English. Shipwrecked Family was rejected by Verne's publisher, so rather than finish it, he began to rewrite it with new characters-and that became the classic, The Mysterious Island, where Captain Nemo made his last appearance. Here, then, is Verne's first draft of that novel, one which is very different from the book that it became. Expert translation is provided by Sidney Kravitz, also translator of the definitive modern edition of The Mysterious Island. BearManor Media is pleased to present, in conjunction with the North American Jules Verne Society, a series of stories that have never before appeared in English translation. Tales from fantasy to humor, of castaways, outlaws, and swashbucklers, even stage plays, here are all the adventures that have made Verne such a beloved author. These books are unavailable from any other publisher, and the series has been underwritten by the generous bequest of the late Society member, Ed Palik, for whom it is named. Leading Verne scholars from around the world are collaborating to bring readers the finest translations and analysis about each story, under the general editorship of Society Vice President Brian Taves. Each volume is lavishly illustrated with engravings from the original French editions of Verne's stories.
312 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1992
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About the author
Jules Verne
6,604 books12.1k followersNovels 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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
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."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
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June 17, 2023
Interesting first attempt at "The Mysterious Island"
February 12, 2014
The second entry in the North American Jules Verne Society’s (NAJVS) Palik Series features a story that would be reworked into one of Jules Verne’s most famous novels Mysterious Island. This volume features an outstanding piece by series editor Brian Taves on Verne’s “Robinsonades.” For those that don’t know, a Robinsonade is a story of survival, using on a desert island in the spirit of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe and Johann Wyss’s The Swiss Family Robinson. The late Sidney Kravitz provided the translation for this tale, Sidney’s translation of Mysterious Island is the definitive English language translation of that classic novel. The story itself is very good, and it is unclear why his publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel rejected this story and told him to start over after Verne had completed the first volume. Elements of this story make it into Mysterious Island and other of Verne’s “Robinsonades” details of which are found in Taves' excellent piece.
October 22, 2013
"Shipwrecked Family" is in the tradition of Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson. It's also the prototype for Verne's classic Mysterious Island. A wonderful essay comes with the book that not only outlines the author's fascination with "Robinsonades" but also addresses how the plot of this particular tale was later reworked into the exploits of the immortal Captain Nemo.
Verne is often wrongly assumed to be a writer of nothing but fiction aimed at the younger market. In this case, that's actually true but the prose possesses charm enjoyable to readers of all ages. Verne never completed the last chapters of "Shipwrecked Family"; however, I found that fact not nearly the drawback I anticipated. In fact, just the opposite was the case and I pleasantly caught myself exercising my imagination to complete the finale.
Of interest on many levels.
Verne is often wrongly assumed to be a writer of nothing but fiction aimed at the younger market. In this case, that's actually true but the prose possesses charm enjoyable to readers of all ages. Verne never completed the last chapters of "Shipwrecked Family"; however, I found that fact not nearly the drawback I anticipated. In fact, just the opposite was the case and I pleasantly caught myself exercising my imagination to complete the finale.
Of interest on many levels.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews