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Jordan Stump
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), the great French novelist, was the author of The Human Comedy, a vast and delightful series of inter-connected novels that presents a comprehensive portrait of all walks of French society.

Jordan Stump, winner of the French-American Foundation Translation Prize, is the translator of more than six French novels, including the Modern Library edition of Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island, described as “breezy” and “blissfully readable” by Kirkus Reviews.

Adam Gopnik is the author of the national bestseller Paris to the Moon. He writes often on various subjects for The New Yorker.


From the Hardcover edition.
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The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island
Written by Jules Verne
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Caleb Carr

Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction
978-0-8129-7212-2 (0-8129-7212-0) | April 2004 | $6.95
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island
Written by Jules Verne
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Caleb Carr

Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-8129-6642-8 (0-8129-6642-2) | December 2002 | $15.95
The Wrong Side of Paris
The Wrong Side of Paris
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Adam Gopnik

Trade Paperback | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-8129-6675-6 (0-8129-6675-9) | April 2005 | $13.95
The Wrong Side of Paris
The Wrong Side of Paris
Written by Honore De Balzac
Translated by Jordan Stump
Introduction by Adam Gopnik

eBook | Modern Library | Fiction
978-1-58836-361-9 (1-58836-361-9) | December 2003 | $13.95