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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 16, 2024 4:38:41 GMT
There we go ...
This picture is also not published in the book and from the pre-publication of the novel in the magasin d'É.R.:
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Post by farseer on Oct 16, 2024 9:37:05 GMT
what a strange thing, these English titles of translated novels... In the first moment I only thought "what he is talking about?" and I had to check my English secondary literature to find out what original title this is: Seconde Patrie. Yes, I use the English titles when speaking in English, even though I read the books in Spanish, which normally translates the original titles directly. For example, this one is translated to Spanish as Segunda patria. Many early English translations took a lot of liberties with the titles... and with the rest of the novels. Anyway, The Castaways of the Flag (Seconde patrie) is my second favorite among the sequels Verne wrote to other writers' novels.  (Of course, there are only two of those). I did not love Johann David Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson. I liked Verne's continuation more than the original novel, but I still like The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym + An Antarctic Mystery (Le sphinx des glaces) better. |
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Post by farseer on Oct 16, 2024 9:38:11 GMT
There we go ...
This picture is also not published in the book and from the pre-publication of the novel in the magasin d'É.R.:
Wait, this is for a new book? |
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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 16, 2024 11:08:59 GMT
Yes, this is for a new novel in this challenge
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Post by farseer on Oct 16, 2024 14:12:47 GMT
Yes, this is for a new novel in this challenge Ok, I have an initial theory, mostly based on that horse cart in the lower right part of the illustration, but I'll wait until tomorrow to give anyone else an opportunity to participate. just above the cart, there's an image of a group of prisoners working under the vigilance of an armed guard that seems like it should be helpful to identify the novel, but I can't place it right now. |
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Post by farseer on Oct 17, 2024 18:37:12 GMT
Ok... is it Propeller Island (L'Île à hélice)?
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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 18, 2024 23:35:39 GMT
No
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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 19, 2024 12:14:19 GMT
2nd image, this time from the book:
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Post by farseer on Oct 19, 2024 18:31:38 GMT
2nd image, this time from the book:
Mmm... I thought that carriage might have be the one in which the musicians were traveling at the beginning of Propeller Island. All right, since that's not it, how about The Kip Brothers? It has sailing and prisoners. |
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Post by Mac Nabbs on Oct 19, 2024 20:09:44 GMT
Perfectly right!
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Post by farseer on Oct 20, 2024 9:53:58 GMT
Ok, I'll do one, then. Book chosen randomly:   |
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Post by garmt on Oct 21, 2024 7:00:57 GMT
Ah, that's a nice one. Boyton's floating devices, kindly supplied by the most pro-active insurance company ever  From "Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine". |
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Post by farseer on Oct 21, 2024 10:33:13 GMT
Correct. I tried to choose pictures where it wasn't immediately evident that the characters were Cinesem but that sailing device is distinctive for anyone who remembers it.
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Post by garmt on Oct 21, 2024 10:42:41 GMT
Next round!
I'll give you two illustrations for now.
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Post by farseer on Oct 21, 2024 10:44:10 GMT
Next round!
I'll give you two illustrations for now.
OK, I think I may know this one. I will wait to see if someone else will have a try. |
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(Of course, there are only two of those). I did not love Johann David Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson. I liked Verne's continuation more than the original novel, but I still like The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym + An Antarctic Mystery (Le sphinx des glaces) better. 
