Research Catalog

Title

The self-propelled island / Jules Verne ; translated by Marie-Thérèse Noiset ; introduction by Volker Dehs ; with editorial assistance by Robert Sandarg.

Author

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Publication

• Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Additional Authors

• Noiset, Marie-Thérèse
• Dehs, Volker, 1964-
• Sandarg, Robert

Description

xxi, 323 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• "The Self-Propelled Island is the first unabridged English translation of Jules Verne's original story featuring a famous French string quartet that is abducted by an American businessman and taken to Standard Island to perform for its millionaire inhabitants. The quartet soon discovers that Standard Island is not an island at all, but an immense, futuristic ship possessing all the features of an idyllic haven. Equipped with the most opulent amenities, Standard Island travels the Pacific Ocean, traversing the south archipelagos and stopping at many "sister" islands for the pleasure of its well-heeled inhabitants. These inhabitants soon meet with the danger, in its various forms, that is inherent in ocean travel. Meanwhile, the French quartet is witness to the rivalry that exists between the two most powerful families onboard, a rivalry that keeps the future of the island balancing on the edge of a knife. First published in English in 1896, the novel was originally censored in translation. Dozens of pages were cut from the story because English translators felt they were too critical of Americans as well as the British. Here, for the first time, readers have the pleasure of reading The Self-Propelled Island as Verne intended it. "--
• "First complete translation of Jules Verne's science-fiction novel about a string quartet abducted onto a floating, man-made island inhabited by millionaires touring the archipelagos of the South Pacific"--

Series Statement

Bison frontiers of imagination

Uniform Title

• Île à hélice. English
• Bison frontiers of imagination.

Alternative Title

Île à hélice.

Subjects

• Voyages, Imaginary
• FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure
• Imaginary places > Fiction
• Science fiction
• Voyages, Imaginary > Fiction
• Fiction

Genre/Form

• Science fiction.
• Fiction.

Note

• "LÎle à hélice was originally published in French in 1895" -- Verso title page.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• Translated from the French.

Call Number

JFE 15-4092

ISBN

• 9780803245822
• 0803245823
• 9780803276710
• 0803276710
• 9780803274860 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014044111

OCLC

894747496

Author

Verne, Jules, 1828-1905, author.

Title

The self-propelled island / Jules Verne ; translated by Marie-Thérèse Noiset ; introduction by Volker Dehs ; with editorial assistance by Robert Sandarg.

Publisher

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2015]

Copyright Date

©2015

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bison frontiers of imagination

Bison frontiers of imagination.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

Translated from the French.

Added Author

Noiset, Marie-Thérèse, translator.

Dehs, Volker, 1964- writer of introduction.

Sandarg, Robert, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 15-4092