Pseudonym of French author Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin (1804-1876), a figure of cultural importance in France from the 1830s until her death; she published widely, an oeuvre which included about forty novels alone. Of sf interest is Laura: Voyage dans le cristal (1864; trans Pauline Pearson-Stamps as Journey Within the Crystal 1992; new trans Sue Dyson as Laura: Journey into the Crystal 2004), a Hollow Earth tale in which two explorers discover that the interior of the world is crystalline but penetrable . The tale was directly influenced by Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864). [JC]

Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin

born Paris: 1 July 1804

died Nohant, Indre, France: 8 June 1876

works

• Laura: Voyage dans le cristal (Paris: Paetz, 1864) [binding unknown/]
  • Journey Within the Crystal (New York: American University Studies, 1992) [trans by Pauline Pearson-Stamps of the above: hb/]
  • Laura: Journey into the Crystal (London: Pushkin Press, 2004) [trans by Sue Dyson of the above: pb/]

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