Sound Interview of Jules Verne Discovered

University of Utrecht ^ | Garmt DeVries

[RightWingAtheist]

This week I did an amzing discovery that I’d like to share with my fellow Vernians: an audio recording of an interview with Jules Verne by a Dutch journalist!

A couple of days ago, I received an email from a Mrs Rina Appel from Amersfoort, a town not far from where I live. Among the inheritance left by her aunt, who passed away last year, she had found a small wooden crate containing five wax cilinders, each wrapped in a leather case. On the crate was a handwritten label that read “Jules Verne 1903”.

The crate had belonged to Rina Appel’s grandfather, Ger Appel. He was a reporter who worked for the newspaper “Amersfoortsche courant” in the beginning of the 20th century. After that, he wrote for “De Gids”, a literary magazine. Unfortunately, he got ill quite early in life. His daughter, Rina Appel’s aunt, nursed him until his death, and after that she stayed in the house, where she lived alone. Many items belonging to Ger Appel were still lying in the attic when she died.

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As far as I’m aware, no recordings of Verne’s voice are known. Now, over a century after his death, we will finally be able to hear what he sounded like. I’m very very pleased with this unique find, and of course I’m immensely grateful to Rina Appel for sharing her discovery with me!

[RightWingAtheist]

I've been Rathered! :-)

[Sax]

Nice links, I just forwarded them on to some folks!


Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.