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== | == Author's Note == | ||
The tremendous event of the 4th. of June, whose consequences affected the relations of the two great Western nations even more profoundly than did the war, has called forth, during the last fifty years, a constant efflorescence of books, memoirs and scientific studies of truthful reports and fabulous narratives. Eye-witnesses have related their impressions; journalists have collected their articles into volumes; scientists have published the results of their researches; novelists have imagined unknown tragedies; and poets have lifted up their voices. There is no detail of that tragic day but has been brought to light; and this is true likewise of the days which went before and of those which came after and of all the reactions, moral or social, economic or political, by which it made itself felt, throughout the twentieth century, in the destinies of the world. | The tremendous event of the 4th. of June, whose consequences affected the relations of the two great Western nations even more profoundly than did the war, has called forth, during the last fifty years, a constant efflorescence of books, memoirs and scientific studies of truthful reports and fabulous narratives. Eye-witnesses have related their impressions; journalists have collected their articles into volumes; scientists have published the results of their researches; novelists have imagined unknown tragedies; and poets have lifted up their voices. There is no detail of that tragic day but has been brought to light; and this is true likewise of the days which went before and of those which came after and of all the reactions, moral or social, economic or political, by which it made itself felt, throughout the twentieth century, in the destinies of the world. | ||
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Revision as of 23:04, 14 October 2008
| The Tremendous Event written by Maurice Leblanc, translated by Alexander Texeira de Mattos |
| 1924. |
- Part the First
- Chapter I. The Suit
- Chapter II. The Crossing
- Chapter III. Good-Bye, Simon
- Chapter IV. The Great Upheaval
- Chapter V. Virgin Soil
- Chapter VI. Triumph
- Chapter VII. Lynx-Bye
- Chapter VIII. On the War-Path
- Part the Second
- Chapter I. Inside the Wreck
- Chapter II. Along the Cable
- Chapter III. Side by Side
- Chapter IV. The Battle
- Chapter V. The Chief's Reward
- Chapter VI. Hell on Earth
- Chapter VII. The Fight for the Gold
- Chapter VIII. The High Commissioner for the New Territories
Author's Note
The tremendous event of the 4th. of June, whose consequences affected the relations of the two great Western nations even more profoundly than did the war, has called forth, during the last fifty years, a constant efflorescence of books, memoirs and scientific studies of truthful reports and fabulous narratives. Eye-witnesses have related their impressions; journalists have collected their articles into volumes; scientists have published the results of their researches; novelists have imagined unknown tragedies; and poets have lifted up their voices. There is no detail of that tragic day but has been brought to light; and this is true likewise of the days which went before and of those which came after and of all the reactions, moral or social, economic or political, by which it made itself felt, throughout the twentieth century, in the destinies of the world.
There was nothing lacking but Simon Dubosc's own story. And it was strange that we should have known only by reports, usually fantastic, the part played by the man who, first by chance and then by his indomitable courage and later still by his clear-sighted enthusiasm, was thrust into the very heart of the adventure.
To-day, when the nations are gathered about the statue over-looking the arena in which the hero fought, does it not seem permissible to add to the legend the embellishment of a reality which will not misrepresent it? And, if it is found that this reality trenches too closely upon the man's private life, need we object!
It was in Simon Dubosc that the western spirit first became conscious of itself and it is the whole man that belongs to history.
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