Description: Verne wrote this play in the middle of his life, between his optimistic (science helps humanity and is good) and pessimistic (science is dangerous and bad) works; the play is a vehicle for Verne to ask himself and his readers whether science, technology, and the pursuit of knowledge are good or bad. He used the play to pose questions about life and wisdom that are still important in our time. The script of the play was lost to Vernian scholars for almost a century, until the text was discovered in 1978 in the Archives of the Censorship Office of the Third French Republic. Included are many wonderful illustrations showing set designs for the original play, a page from a lost scene, and other interesting details. This is the first complete edition and the first English translation of a surprising work by a popular French novelist whose works continue to delight readers and audiences to this day.

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