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Frewer, Ellen Elizabeth

(1848-1940) UK author and translator, active before the end of the nineteenth century; her translations of Jules Verne were fuller and less tampered-with than most other versions of Verne during the years she worked on his books. It has been suggested that her financial independence allowed her to be firm on maintaining the integrity of her work. Frewer's later life seems to have been lived in private. [JC]

Ellen Elizabeth Frewer

born Slough, Berkshire: February 1848

died London: 1940 [9 November 1934 has also been given]

works as translator (selected)

• Jules Verne. Five Weeks in a Balloon (London: Chapman and Hall, 1870) [trans of Cinq semaines en ballon: voyage de découvertes en Afrique par trois Anglais (1863): hb/]
• Jules Verne. Meridiana: The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa (London: Sampson Low, 1872) [dated 1873 but 1872: trans of Aventures de trois Russes et de trois Anglais (1872): hb/]
• Jules Verne. The Survivors of the Chancellor; And, Martin Paz (London: Sampson Low, 1875) [coll: trans of Le Chancellor: Journal du passager J.-R Kazallon: Suivi de Martin Paz (1875): hb/]
• Jules Verne. Hector Servadac: Or, The Career of a Comet (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1877) [dated 1878 but 1877: trans of Hector Servadac (1877): hb/]

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Entry from The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction edited by John Clute, David Langford, Peter Nicholls and Graham Sleight.
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