The Begum’s Millions
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THE BEGUM’S MILLIONS
JULES VERNE
Translated by
STANFORD L. LUCE
Edited by
ARTHUR B. EVANS
Introduction & Notes by
PETER SCHULMAN
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown, Connecticut
Published by
Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT 06459
The Wesleyan edition of The Begum’s Millions
© 2005 by Wesleyan University Press
Translation copyright © 2005 by Stanford L. Luce
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Printed in the United States of America
The illustrations in the novel are by
Léon Benett and appeared in the original French
edition of Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum.
Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Verne, Jules, 1828–1905.
[Cinq cents millions de la Bégum. English]
The Begum’s millions / by Jules Verne ; translated
by Stanford L. Luce ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ;
introduction and notes by Peter Schulman.
p. cm. — (The Wesleyan early classics of science
fiction series)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-8195-6796-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
I. Luce, Stanford, 1923– II. Evans, Arthur B. III. Schulman, Peter, 1964– IV. Title. V. Series.
pq2469.c49e5 2005
843'.8—dc22 2005046203
5 4 3 2 1
Cover illustration by Léon Benett (1839–1917).
CONTENTS
The Begum’s Millions by Jules Verne
1 Mr. Sharp Makes His Entrance, 1
10 An Article from Unsere Centurie, a German Journal, 117
11 Dinner at Dr. Sarrasin’s, 130
13 Letter from Marcel Bruckmann to Professor Schultze, Stahlstadt, 148