the kip brothers
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the kip brothers
JULES VERNE
Translated by STANFORD L. LUCE
Edited by ARTHUR B. EVANS
Introduction and notes by JEAN-MICHEL MARGOT
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS Middletown, Connecticut
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Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459
The Wesleyan edition of The Kip Brothers © 2007
by Wesleyan University Press
Translation © 2007 by Stanford L. Luce
Introduction and notes © 2007 by Jean-Michel Margot
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The illustrations in the novel appeared in the original
French edition of Les Frères Kip; the ones that are unattributed in the captions are by George Roux.
Verne, Julies, 1828–1905.
[Frères Kip. English]
The Kip brothers / by Jules Verne ;
translated by Stanford L. Luce ;
edited by Arthur B. Evans ;
introduction and notes by Jean-Michel Margot.
p. cm. — (The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8195-6704-8 (cloth : alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-0-8195-6838-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Luce, Stanford, 1923– II. Evans, Arthur B. III. Margo, Jean-Michel. IV. Title.
PQ2468.F74e5 2007
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CONTENTS
The Kip Brothers
by Jules Verne
1. Tavern of the Three Magpies, 3
6. In Sight of Norfolk Island, 73
9. Crossing the Louisiade, 114
12. Three Weeks in the Archipelago, 159
4. Before the Maritime Court, 238