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Édouard Riou
Édouard Riou (; 2 December 1833 – 27 January 1900) was a French illustrator who illustrated six novels by Jules Verne, as well as several other well-known works. Life Riou was born in 1833 in Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, and studied under Charles-François Daubigny and Gustave Doré, graduating in 1859. Apart from supplying designs for wood-engravings, his artistic specialties included landscape painting and commemorative art (including works for the opening of the Suez Canal and the marriage of a daughter of the Czar).Arthur B. Evans: ''The Illustrators of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires''. In Science-Fiction Studies, XXV:2 (July 1998), p. 250. His collaboration with Jules Verne started in 1865 with the publication of Verne's novel ''Five Weeks in a Balloon'', and continued for a run of six novels in all: *''Five Weeks in a Balloon'' (1865): 51 illustrations by Riou (40) and Henri de Montaut (5), unsigned (6), wood-engravings by Coste, Delaville, Dumont, Fourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey To The Center Of The Earth
''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne. It was first published in French in 1864, then reissued in 1867 in a revised and expanded edition. Professor Otto Lidenbrock is the tale's central figure, an eccentric German scientist who believes there are volcanic tubes that reach to the very center of the earth. He, his nephew Axel, and their Icelandic guide Hans rappel into Iceland's celebrated inactive volcano Snæfellsjökull, then contend with many dangers, including cave-ins, subpolar tornadoes, an underground ocean, and living prehistoric creatures from the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras (the 1867 revised edition inserted additional prehistoric material in Chaps. 37–39). Eventually the three explorers are spewed back to the surface by an active volcano, Stromboli, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas (, ; ; born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (), 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas père (where '' '' is French for 'father', to distinguish him from his son Alexandre Dumas fils), was a French writer. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the most widely read French authors. Many of his historical novels of adventure were originally published as serials, including '' The Count of Monte Cristo'', ''The Three Musketeers'', '' Twenty Years After'' and '' The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later''. His novels have been adapted since the early twentieth century into nearly 200 films. Prolific in several genres, Dumas began his career by writing plays, which were successfully produced from the first. He also wrote numerous magazine articles and travel books; his published works totalled 100,000 pages. In the 1840s, Dumas founded the Théâtre Historique in Paris. His father, General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Figuier
Louis Figuier (15 February 1819 – 8 November 1894) was a French scientist and writer. He was the nephew of Pierre-Oscar Figuier and became Professor of chemistry at L'Ecole de pharmacie of Montpellier. Louis Figuier was married to French writer Louise Juliette Bouscaren. Career Figuier became Doctor of Medicine (1841), agrégé of pharmacology, chemistry (1844–1853) and physics and gained his PhD in (1850). Figuier was appointed professor at L'Ecole de Pharmacie of Paris after leaving Montpellier. In his research he found himself opposed to Claude Bernard; as a result of this conflict, he abandoned his research to devote himself to popular science. He edited and published a yearbook from 1857 to 1894 – ''L'Année scientifique et industrielle'' (or ''Exposé annuel des travaux'') – in which he compiled an inventory of the scientific discoveries of the year (it was continued after his death until 1914). He was the author of numerous successful works: ''Les Grandes inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notre Dame De Paris
Notre-Dame de Paris (; meaning "Our Lady of Paris"), referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the Seine River), in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. The cathedral, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. Several of its attributes set it apart from the earlier Romanesque style, particularly its pioneering use of the rib vault and flying buttress, its enormous and colourful rose windows, and the naturalism and abundance of its sculptural decoration. Notre Dame also stands out for its musical components, notably its three pipe organs (one of which is historic) and its immense church bells. Construction of the cathedral began in 1163 under Bishop Maurice de Sully and was largely completed by 1260, though it was modified frequently in the centuries that followed. In the 1790s, during the French Revolution, Notre-Dame suffered extensive desecration; muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waverley (novel)
''Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since'' is a historical novel by Walter Scott (1771–1832). Scott was already famous as a poet, and chose to publish it anonymously in 1814 as his first venture into prose fiction. It is often regarded as one of the first historical novels in the Western tradition. Edward Waverley, an English gentleman of honour, chooses an occupation in the army at the time just before the Jacobite uprising of 1745 on advice of his father. He has an officer's commission. On leave from army training, he visits friends of his family in Scotland, as he is not far from their place. He enjoys their Scottish hospitality. His head is full of the romantic notions of his unstructured education, including much reading, and he is startled to find himself in the midst of loyalists who support the return of the House of Stuart and the Stuart prince, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Young Chevalier to his supporters and as the Younger Pretender to his foes. His ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivanhoe
''Ivanhoe: A Romance'' () by Walter Scott is a historical novel published in three volumes, in 1819, as one of the Waverley novels. Set in England in the Middle Ages, this novel marked a shift away from Scott’s prior practice of setting stories in Scotland and in the more recent past. ''Ivanhoe'' became one of Scott’s best-known and most influential novels. Set in 12th-century England, with colourful descriptions of a tournament, outlaws, a witch trial, and divisions between Jews and Christians, Normans and Saxons, ''Ivanhoe'' was credited by many, including Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin, with inspiring increased interest in chivalric romance and medievalism. As John Henry Newman put it, Scott "had first turned men's minds in the direction of the Middle Ages". ''Ivanhoe'' was also credited with influencing contemporary popular perceptions of historical figures such as Richard the Lionheart, King John, and Robin Hood. Composition and sources In June 1819, Walter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832), was a Scottish novelist, poet, playwright and historian. Many of his works remain classics of European and Scottish literature, notably the novels '' Ivanhoe'', '' Rob Roy'', '' Waverley'', '' Old Mortality'', ''The Heart of Mid-Lothian'' and '' The Bride of Lammermoor'', and the narrative poems '' The Lady of the Lake'' and '' Marmion''. He had a major impact on European and American literature. As an advocate, judge and legal administrator by profession, he combined writing and editing with daily work as Clerk of Session and Sheriff-Depute of Selkirkshire. He was prominent in Edinburgh's Tory establishment, active in the Highland Society, long a president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1820–1832), and a vice president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1827–1829). His knowledge of history and literary facility equipped him to establish the historical novel genre as an exemplar of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortuné Méaulle
Fortuné Louis Méaulle (11 April 1844, Angers – 11 May 1916)"On annonce la mort de : M. Fortuné Méaulle, le dessinateur bien connu qui illustra notamment les pauvres de Victor-Hugo." iJournal des débats politiques et littéraires, 15 May 1916(in French) was a French wood-engraver and writer. Biography He apprenticed with Joseph Burn-Smeeton (fl.1840-1880), a British-born artist who worked with the French wood-engraver Auguste Tilly (1840–1898). Later, he was able to become part of a small, exclusive group of wood-engravers who worked for Louis Hachette; consisting of , Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Charles Barbant. He did not remain there long, however; being dismissed for "serious misconduct". He then established his own studio and was one of the first artists to work with Daniel Vierge. Among his most notable illustrations are those made from pen and ink drawings by François Chifflart for '' The Toilers of the Sea'' by Victor Hugo, although Hugo had originally w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Barbant
Charles Barbant (15 July 1844, Paris - 10 May 1921, Paris) was a French wood engraver and illustrator. Biography His father was the engraver, Nicolas Barbant (1806-1879), from whom he received his first lessons. After having worked for the engraver Jean Best (1808-1879) at the "Atelier ABL", from 1863 to 1866, he became an associate of his father. In 1871, he married Louise Angélina Gauchard; daughter of the wood engraver, Félix-Jean Gauchard (1825-1872). Following her death in 1894, he married one of his students, . His workshop was one of the largest in Paris; specializing in wood engraving for multiple reproductions; generally in the form of a stamp. He was part of a small clique of engravers; with , Henri Théophile Hildibrand and Fortuné Méaulle, who worked for Louis Hachette. Between 1869 and 1882, he was part of a group providing illustrations for the works of Jules Verne; together with illustrators such as Léon Benett, Jules Férat, Henri de Montaut, Édouar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Férat
Jules-Descartes F̩rat (1829, Ham, Somme Р1906, Paris) was a French artist and illustrator, famous for his portrayals of factories and their workers. He illustrated the books of many known authors, such as Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Victor Hugo. Some critics consider his illustrations for Jules Verne's novel ''The Mysterious Island'' to be his greatest masterpieces. He also contributed to the French illustrated press including the newspapers ''L'Illustration'', '' Le Journal Illustr̩'', and '' L'Univers Illustr̩''. Books illustrated by F̩rat Jules Verne ;Novels *(1871) '' A Floating City'', 44 illustrations *(1872) '' The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa'', 53 illustrations *(1873) ''The Fur Country'', 103 illustrations (with Alfred Quesnay de Beaur̩paire) *(1875) ''The Mysterious Island'', 152 illustrations *(1876) ''Michael Strogoff'', 91 illustrations *(1877) ''The Child of the Cavern'', 45 illustrations ;Short stories *(18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Survivors Of The Chancellor
''The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J. R. Kazallon, Passenger'' (french: Le Chancellor: Journal du passager J.-R. Kazallon) is an 1875 novel written by Jules Verne about the final voyage of a British sailing ship, the ''Chancellor'', told from the perspective of one of its passengers (in the form of a diary). Plot summary Characters At the beginning of its voyage, the ''Chancellor'' carried eight passengers and twenty crew members. By the end, only eleven people (five passengers and six crew) remained alive. Passengers * J.R. Kazallon, the narrator and one of the survivors. * Mr. Kear, an American from Buffalo, is a wealthy and conceited man of about 50 years of age whose fortunes lie in the petroleum industry. Leaving behind his feverish wife, he escapes the ''Chancellor'' in a whaleboat on the night of December 5 and is not seen again (his death, given the storminess of the ocean the next morning, is implied). * Mrs. Kear * Miss Herbey, one of the survivors. * M. Leto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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