“The worries of one Chinese in China” ( French Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine ) is an adventure novel of 1879 by the French writer Jules Verne , which is part of the series “ Extraordinary Travels ”.
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| Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine | |
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| Genre | adventure novel |
| Author | Jules Verne |
| Original language | French |
| Date of writing | 1879 |
| Date of first publication | 1879 |
| Publishing house | Pierre-Jules Etzel |
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Content
History of creation and publication
At first, the author planned that the novel would take place in the United States [1] .
The novel was first published from July 2 to August 7, 1879 in the newspaper Le Temps. In the form of a book with a circulation of 28 thousand copies, published by Etzel on August 11, 1879. This novel (with 52 illustrations by Leon Bennett) together with the novel “ Five Hundred Million Begumas ” was included in the 14 “double” volume of “ Extraordinary Travels ” - it was released on November 17, 1879 [1] .
In Russian, the novel went out of print by Petr Petrovich Soikin in 1906.
Story
The book is divided into 22 chapters [2] .
The protagonist of the book is a young man named Jin Fo. He gathers his friends to inform them of his marriage. But suddenly an event occurs that crossed out Fo's plans.
Facts
- A more accurate translation of the word "Tribulations" from the title of the novel is "moral torment, torment."
- Literary critics point to the extreme one-sidedness of coverage of the peasant movement of the Taiping in the novel.
Films
Three films were made based on the novel:
- 1965 - the same name with Jean-Paul Belmondo in the title role [3]
- 1987 - Chinese-made film of the same name directed by Wu Igun with Chen Pacey, Rosalind Chao and Rolf Hoppe in the lead roles.
- 1998 - Bullworth , with Warren Beatty and Halle Berry .
See also
- Extraordinary travel
- Taiping Uprising
- Opium wars
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Evgeny Borisov. The Disastrous Adventures of a Chinese in China // Science Fiction Laboratory.
- ↑ Jules Verne. Disturbances of a Chinese in China / Translation: Shaidulina R .. - The extraordinary adventures of the Barsak expedition. The worries of one Chinese in China. - M .: Ladomir, 1994 .-- T. 22. - 28 p. - (Unknown Jules Verne). - ISBN 5-86218-109-1 .
- ↑ Up to His Ears (December 4, 1965). Date of appeal March 16, 2018.
Literature
- Jules Verne. Anxiety of a Chinese in China / Translation: R. Shaidulina. - The extraordinary adventures of the Barsak expedition . The worries of one Chinese in China. - M .: Ladomir, 1994 .-- T. 22. - 28 p. - (Unknown Jules Verne). - ISBN 5-86218-109-1 .