Verne, Michel
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1861-1925) French author, son of Jules Verne, with whose late and posthumous career he is almost exclusively associated [for discussion see entry for his father], and three of whose posthumous novels he either wrote entirely or entirely recomposed. They are L'Agence Thompson and C° (17 October-25 December 1907 Le Journal; 1907 2vols) as by Jules Verne, Les Naufragés du "Jonathan" (26 July-17 October 1909 Le Journal; 1909 2vols) as by Jules Verne, and L'Étonnante Aventure de la mission Barsac (18 April-6 July 1914 Le Matin as "Le Dernier Voyage extraordinaire: étonnante aventure de la mission Barsac"; 1920 2vols) as by Jules Verne [for all three novels, see Checklist for translations].
Verne was also responsible for some short fiction under his father's name, including "Un express de l'avenir" (1 September 1888; trans anon as "An Express of the Future" December 1895 The Strand), and "L'Éternel Adam" (1 October 1910 La Revue de Paris; trans anon as "Eternal Adam" March 1957 Saturn), the latter being set in the Far Future, where an archaeologist (see Ruins and Futurity) comes across an ancient manuscript whose description of the fall of an ancient civilization presages the fall of the his own. This tale also appears, with other stories revised or rewritten by Verne, in Hier et Demain: Contes et Nouvelles (coll 1910) as by Jules Verne [for full title and translation again see Checklist]. [JC]
Michel Jean Pierre Verne
born Paris: 3 August 1861
died Toulon, France: 5 March 1925
works
See Jules Verne's entry for works by Jules Verne edited by Michel Verne.
series
Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous
- L'Agence Thompson and C° (Paris: J Hetzel et Cie, 1907) as by Jules Verne [published in two volumes: written entirely by Michel Verne: first appeared 17 October-25 December 1907 Le Journal: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: illus/Léon Benett: hb/]
- Package Holiday: Part I of The Thompson Travel Agency (London: Arco, 1965) as by Jules Verne [trans by I O Evans of the first half of the above: in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- End of the Journey: Part II of The Thompson Travel Agency (London: Arco, 1965) as by Jules Verne [trans by I O Evans of the second half of the above: in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- Les Naufragés du "Jonathan" (Paris: J Hetzel et Cie, 1909) as by Jules Verne [published in two volumes: almost totally rewritten by Michel Verne: first appeared 26 July-17 October 1909 Le Journal: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: illus/George Roux: hb/]
- The Masterless Man: Part One of The Survivors of the "Jonathan" (London: Arco, 1962) as by Jules Verne [trans by I O Evans of the first half of the above: in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- The Unwilling Dictator: Part Two of The Survivors of the "Jonathan" (London: Arco, 1962) as by Jules Verne [trans by I O Evans of the second half of the above: in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- En Magellania (Paris: Société Jules Verne, 1987) by Jules Verne [vt of the above: from Verne's original manuscript: written 1897: listed here for convenience: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- Magellania: The First English-Language Edition Ever of the Original "Lost" Manuscript (New York: Welcome Rain Publishers, 2002) by Jules Verne [¶ trans by Benjamin Ivry of the above: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/Christian Dierig]
- L'Étonnante Aventure de la mission Barsac (Paris: Librarie Hachette, 1920) as by Jules Verne [published in two volumes: written by Michel Verne from fragmentary version by Verne: first appeared 18 April-6 July 1914 Le Matin as "Le Dernier Voyage extraordinaire: étonnante aventure de la mission Barsac" Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: illus/George Roux: hb/Cary Wolinsky]
- The Barsac Mission: Into the Niger Bend (London: Arco, 1960) as by Jules Verne [trans by I O Evans of the first half of the above: in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- The Barsac Mission: The City in the Sahara (London: Arco, 1960) as by Jules Verne [trans by I O Evans of the second half of the above: in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
- Voyages d'études (Paris: Société Jules Verne, 1993) by Jules Verne [rev vt of the above: comprising Verne's uncompleted manuscript of first chapters only plus notes: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: binding unknown/]
collections
- Hier et Demain: Contes et Nouvelles: La Famille Raton. M. Ré-Dièze et Mlle Mi-Bémol. La Destinée de Jean Morénas. Le Humbug. Au XXXIXe siècle: La Journée d'un journaliste américain en 2889. L'Éternel Adam (Paris: J Hetzel et Cie, 1910) as by Jules Verne [coll: completed by Michel Verne uncredited: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: illus/Léon Benett, Félicien de Myrbach and Georges Roux: hb/]
- Here and Tomorrow (London: Arco, 1962) [trans by I O Evans of stories from the above and elsewhere: including "L'Éternel Adam": in the publisher's Fitzroy Edition series: Voyages extraordinaires: Posthumous: hb/]
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