''Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul'' ("The Very extraordinary journeys of Saturnin Farandoul") is a science-fiction novel by

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. A parody of

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's '' Voyages extraordinaires'', it was published in over one hundred installments between 1879 and 1880. It was first translated in English by

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as ''The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul''. The novel proved to be very successful in Italy, where it was adapted into a 1913 Italian silent film, '' Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola'', directed and interpreted by Marcel Fabre and into a

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TV-series starring

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and

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in 1977. A comic adaptation by

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was published on ''

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'' in 1938 and 1940, and a three-parts sequel starring

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in the title role, still written by De Vita and drawn by

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, was published in 1959. The novel also inspired the

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's comic series ''

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''.

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