The Earth Turned Upside Down (2012)

by Jules Verne

Book Notes

Translation Notes

This is book is a translation from French of the original title Sans dessus dessous (1889).

The following English translations are known:

YearTitleNotes
1890 Topsy-Turvy Translated by an anonymous hand This translation begins: "Then, Mr. Maston, you pretend that a woman has never been able to make mathematical or experimental-science progress?"
1891 The Purchase of the North Pole Translated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see this wiki page for more information on known translations.
1891 The Purchase of the North Pole: A Sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon" Translated by an anonymous hand. This translation begins: "And so, Mr. Maston, you consider that a woman can do nothing for the advance of the mathematical or experimental sciences?"
1911 The Purchase of the North Pole or Earth Topsy Turvy Translated by an anonymous hand; first published in 1890 by Sampson Low as The Purchase of the North Pole. This translation begins: "And so, Mr. Maston, you consider that a woman can do nothing for the advance of the mathematical or experimental sciences?"
1960 The Purchase of the North Pole Translated by an anonymous hand; first published by Ogilvie, 1890 as Topsy-Turvy. This translation begins: "Then, Mr. Maston, you pretend that a woman has never been able to make mathematical or experimental-science progress?"
1966 The Purchase of the North Pole Translated by an unknown hand first published by Sampson Low in 1890, abridged and edited by I. O. Evans. The abridged text unknown.
2004 Barbicane and Company: The Purchase of the North Pole Translated by an unknown hand. This title contains publications where the translation (as well as the translator) is unknown. Please see this wiki page for more information on known translations.
2012 The Earth Turned Upside Down Translated by Sophie Lewis. This translation begins: "'So, Mr Maston, you claim that women are incapable of ever advancing either the mathematical or the experimental sciences?'"

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