Jules Verne's Captain Nemo and French Revolutionary Gustave Flourens:A Hidden Character Model?
This article treats the recent assumption made by Vernian specialist William Butcher that Jules Verne's most famous character, Captain Nemo, is based on the French revolutionary intellectual Gustave Flourens (1838-1871), son of the eminent physiologist J. P. M. Flourens. Gustave Flourens fought...
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Language: | English |
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Institute for Neohellenic Research
2005-01-01
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Series: | Historical Review |
Online Access: | https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/3951 |