A priest in 1835 /
"Here is not only a treasure, but a literary revelation—the very first novel by Jules Verne. Finished by the age of twenty and under the influence of Edgar Allan Poe, A Priest in 1835 was composed before Verne encountered any editors to hone his storytelling skills. Yet this tyro effort is a ma...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Albany, Georgia :
BearManor Fiction,
2016.
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| Series: | Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Palik series ;
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| Summary: | "Here is not only a treasure, but a literary revelation—the very first novel by Jules Verne. Finished by the age of twenty and under the influence of Edgar Allan Poe, A Priest in 1835 was composed before Verne encountered any editors to hone his storytelling skills. Yet this tyro effort is a masterpiece, a gothic tale told in a modernist style with a nonlinear narrative. Noted science fiction scholars Daniele Chatelain and George Slusser offer this first English translation, with extensive critical commentary. A Priest in 1835 reveals that Verne not only had the prophetic skills that would render him the father of science fiction, but a technique that would win him a place among the vanguard of 21st century authors. Vintage early engravings reveal the novel’s actual settings, in Verne’s home town of Nantes." |
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| Item Description: | "First English translation"--Cover. "Publications of the North American Jules Verne Society"--Page facing title page. |
| Physical Description: | 306 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781593939359 (pbk.) 1593939353 (pbk.) |