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ALS in French, one page, 5.25 x 7, no date but circa late 1872. Handwritten letter to Adrien Hébrard, director of the daily newspaper Le Temps, which serialized several of Jules Verne's novels. Verne writes concerning the publication of Around the World in 80 Days, which first appeared in serial form in Le Temps from November 6 to December 22, 1872, and was then republished in volume form the following year by Hetzel in Paris. Verne informs Hébrard that end of the fifth chapter was erroneously omitted from his manuscript and therefore not published; he asks that an urgent correction be printed, or else readers would not understand the rest of the story.
In part (translated): "By a regrettable error, the end of chapter 5 was omitted in the copy that I gave to the newspaper. I am sending you this end. It is essential that it be restored as soon as possible, otherwise many readers will not understand what follows. Could you tomorrow, at the head of the serial, pass these lines, as an erratum, adding that it ends chapter 5? That done, it will be easy, but it is really essential. You will understand, because this passage explains the volte-face that is made with regard to Phileas Fogg. I am very upset by this error, which is only reproachable to the copyist of the manuscript." In very good to fine condition, with a small holes and repaired tear to the left of the signature, a short tear to the top edge, and repaired paper loss to the upper corners.
A desirable letter with a direct reference to Phileas Fogg, the main character of Jules Verne's classic 1872 novel Around the World in Eighty Days. In the story, Fogg and his newly employed French valet Jean Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000—half of Fogg's fortune—set by his friends at the Reform Club. The two succeed in their effort in the nick of time, claiming their prize with minutes to spare. Around the World in Eighty Days is recognized as one of Verne's greatest works, spawning dozens of real-life imitations, adaptations, and homages across all forms of media.
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