Verniana — Jules Verne Studies / Etudes Jules Verne — Volume 10 (2017–2018) — 191–206
Les loisirs de l'ingénieur des mines Badoureau à Amiens
I relate several stages of the life of the mining engineer Albert Badoureau in Amiens around 1890, after he was paid for his contribution to Jules Verne's Topsy Turvy: his addiction to whist; a balloon trip; a journey in Scandinavia; and finally his wedding.
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