The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul
Novel by Albert Robida
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Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul ("The Very extraordinary journeys of Saturnin Farandoul") is a science-fiction novel by Albert Robida.
Illustration of Robida from the installation Son excellence M. Le gouverneur du pôle Nord | |
| Author | Albert Robida |
|---|---|
| Original title | Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publication date | 1879 |
A parody of Jules Verne's Voyages extraordinaires, it was published in over one hundred installments[1] between 1879 and 1880.[2] It was first translated in English by Brian Stableford as The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul. The novel proved to be very successful in Italy, where it was adapted into a 1913 Italian silent film, Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola, directed and interpreted by Marcel Fabre[2][3] and into a RAI TV-series starring Mariano Rigillo and Daria Nicolodi in 1977.[3][4]
A comic adaptation drawn by Pier Lorenzo De Vita was published on Topolino from 1938 to 1940,[3][5] and a three-parts sequel starring Donald Duck in the title role, written by Guido Martina and still drawn by de Vita, was published in 1959.[3] The novel also inspired the Bonvi's comic series Marzolino Tarantola.[6][7]
