The Begum's millions
By: by Jules Verne ; translated by Stanford L. Luce ; edited by Arthur B. Evans ; introduction and notes by Peter Schulman.
Contributors: Luce, Stanford, 1923-; Evans, Arthur B.; Schulman, Peter, 1964-
Series: The Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Middletown, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Description: "When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. Francois Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan Herr Schultze, is Verne's first truly evil scientist. In his quest for world domination and racial supremacy, Schultze decides to showcase his deadly wares by destroying France-Ville and all its inhabitants.

Both prescient and cautionary, The Begum's Millions is a masterpiece of scientific and political speculation and constitutes one of the earliest technological utopia/dystopias in Western literature. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction as well as all the illustrations from the original French edition."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.