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Tag Archives: “Platinum Noses” Raymond N. MacKenzie “London Review of Books” (review of “Journey to the Moon”)

ON THE VERNE BRAND PART 1

RAYMOND N. MACKINZIE OBSERVES, “By the last decades of the 19th century, Jules Verne was less a writer than a brand—one carefully cultivated by his publisher, Pierre-Jules Hetzel—promising a specific … Continue reading

July 26, 2026 · Leave a comment