Journey to the center of the earth verne5/11/2023 ![]() When it comes to classics from the 1800s, Reddit loves The Count of Monte Cristo…and not much else (sometimes I see Frankenstein or Dracula mentioned favorably, but that’s about it-that is, these are the classics I see mentioned alongside contemporary novels and outside of classics-focused threads). ![]() If you’re interested in reading Verne, the North American Jules Verne Society seems to be a reliable source for finding faithful translations, though they don’t review all of them.) Note that early translations of Jules Verne’s work-the ones now in the public domain and unfortunately still reprinted by publishers- famously bastardized his novels by generously abridging them, cutting out the “boring” science, changing character names and backgrounds, and in some cases completely rewriting entire chapters by adding new content to insert some good old Victorian melodrama. ![]() ![]() (I read Frank Wynne’s translation, first published by Penguin in 2009, and would highly recommend it. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |