D'Ivoi, Paul
Entry updated 7 August 2023. Tagged: Author.
House name (literally) of French author Paul Deleutre (1856-1915) and of other members of his family; Paul Deleutre wrote under this name a 21-volume series of Fantastic Voyages, under the series titles Les Voyages Excentriques ["Eccentric Voyages"], in a clear attempt to compete with Jules Verne's Les Voyages Extraordinaires ["Extraordinary Voyages"], the rubric under which Jules Hetzel published the vast majority of his fictional output. D'Ivoi's tales, none of which were translated until well into the twenty-first century, appeared usually in Le Journal des Voyages, and subsequently in book form, between 1894 and 1914, by the Paris firm of Furne et Cie, beginning with Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède ["The Five Pennies of Lavarede"] (1894; rev 1924) with Henri Chabrillat (1841-1893), and continuing with tales about Lavarède and others full of Inventions, Lost Worlds, the occasional averting of a Future War, and the frequent humiliation of Great Britain. The series closed with L'Évadé Malgré Lui ["The Escapee in Spite of Himself"] (1914). [JC]
Paul Charles Philippe Eric Deleutre
born Paris: 25 October 1856
died Paris: 6 September 1915
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Les Voyages Excentriques
- Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède ["The Five Pennies of Lavarede"] (Paris: Furne et Cie, 1894) with Henri Chabrillat [Les Voyages Excentriques: hb/]
- Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède ["The Five Pennies of Lavarede"] (Paris: Tallandier, 1924) with Henri Chabrillat [rev of the above: Les Voyages Excentriques: pb/]
- Around the World on Five Sous (Encino, California: Black Coat Press, 2016) with Henri Chabrillat [trans by Brian Stableford of the above: Eccentric Voyages: pb/Nathalie Lial]
- Les Cinq Sous de Lavarède ["The Five Pennies of Lavarede"] (Paris: Tallandier, 1924) with Henri Chabrillat [rev of the above: Les Voyages Excentriques: pb/]
- Jean Fanfare (Paris: Furne et Cie, 1897) [Les Voyages Excentriques: illus/Lucien Métivet: hb/]
- Le Docteur Mystère (Paris: Combet, 1900) [Les Voyages Excentriques: hb/]
- Doctor Mystery (Encino, California: Black Coat Press, 2022) [trans by Nina Cooper of the above: Eccentric Voyages: pb/Roberto Castro]
- Miss Mousqueterr (Paris: Boivin et Furne, 1907) [Les Voyages Excentriques: hb/Louis Bombed]
- Miss Musketeer (Encino, California: Black Coat Press, 2022) [trans by Stuart Gelzer of the above: Eccentric Voyages: pb/Roberto Castro]
- Les Dompteurs de l'or ["The Gold Tamers"] (Paris: Boivin et Cie, 1913) [Les Voyages Excentriques: illus/hb/Henri Thiriet]
- Queen of Illusions (Encino, California: Black Coat Press, 2023) [trans by Stuart Glazer of the above: Eccentric Voyages: pb/Roberto Castrol]
- L'Évadé Malgré Lui ["The Escapee in Spite of Himself"] (Paris: Furne et Cie, 1914) [Les Voyages Excentriques: hb/]
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