Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Schulman provides an excellent translation from Verne's 1910 manuscript, reversing the changes Michel Verne made to his father's tale of love and sorcery. The levelheaded Frenchman Henry Vidal visits his brother in the fictional city of Ragz, Hungary. As Marc introduces Henry to his fiancee, Myra, the villainous Prussian Wilhelm Storitz, Myra's scorned suitor, plots to spoil the wedding. Storitz's use of invisibility potions will draw immediate comparison to Wells's contemporaneous The Invisible Man. While superficially this is Myra's story, her tendency to faint and lose her mind when confronted will irritate modern readers used to strong heroines. Staying lavishly true to the original text, Schulman provides notes on colloquialisms and does not shy away from Verne's anti-German sentiment. No Verne collection will be complete without this volume, which includes the original, haunting ending. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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