The foundling from Cynthia
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The foundling of the Cynthia (in the French original: L'Épave du Cynthia ; literally: The wreck of the Cynthia ) is a novel by the French author Paschal Grousset . He appeared in 1885 under his pseudonym André Laurie. The novel is often attributed to Jules Verne , as the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel gave Verne's name as a co-author. Verne's part in the collaboration was limited to stylistic corrections and short insertions. A preliminary publication appeared from January 1, 1885 to November 15, 1885 in the magazine Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation . The German first publication appeared in 2017 in the Jules-Verne-Club .
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The young Erik Hersebom from Norway is surrounded by secrets. The highly intelligent Erik was taken in as a foundling by the fishing couple Katrina and Maaster Hersebom at the age of only a few months. As if by a miracle he survived the sinking of the ship "Cynthia". Nobody knows what nationality they really belong to. He doesn't look like a northerner. At school he stands out noticeably from the intellect of the other fisher children. He grew up happy and safe in the Hersebom family. Word of his talent got around and the wealthy doctor Roff Schwaryencrona took on Eriks to enable him to get a higher education in Stockholm . Erik takes up medical training, but is really interested in other things. He is drawn into the distance. He also wants to solve the mystery of his origin. So Erik goes to sea later.
There seems to be a witness to the sinking of the "Cynthia" at that time. In New York , Erik finds out about the Irishman Patrick O'Donoghan, who was on the ship under Heuer at the time. A Norwegian researcher brings Erik on the trail of Patrick O'Donoghan. It leads him to the island of Liakow across the polar ice to Siberia . When Schwaryencrona finds out about the search, he decides to help the boy in his search. Schwaryencrona equips the expedition ship "Alaska", which is to explore the Northwest Passage . This is also Erik's goal. For this reason he is hired as an officer on the Alaska. The witness Patrick O'Donoghan is assassinated. The American Tudor Brown seems to have an interest in ensuring that no witnesses to the sinking of the Cynthia remain alive. But Tudor Brown also dies in the confrontation. Erik thus loses the apparent trace of solving his secret. After the description of these events in the newspapers , Erik's last blood relatives report. His mother and grandfather still live in Paris . Erik, who has meanwhile become a wealthy heir, can take the daughter of his foster parents, Vanda Hersebom, in his arms and is united with his family.
translation
- André Laurie; Jules Verne: The foundling from Cynthia. (Translation by Gerd Frank). Jules Verne Club, Bremerhaven 2017.
literature
- Heinrich Pleticha (ed.): Jules Verne manual . Deutscher Bücherbund / Bertelsmann, Stuttgart and Munich 1992.
- Volker Dehs and Ralf Junkerjürgen: Jules Verne. Voices and interpretations of his work . Fantastic Library Wetzlar, Wetzlar 2005.
- Volker Dehs: Jules Verne. A critical biography . Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2005. ISBN 3-538-07208-6 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Dehs: The designer of the Cynthia. In: André Laurie; Jules Verne: The foundling from Cynthia . Bremerhaven: Jules-Verne-Club, 2017, p. 332f