The Kip Brothers

the Brothers Kip is a novel of Jules Verne going back to 1902, published initially in the newspaper " the Store of education and recreation ". The captain of a boat is assassinated with ground. The murderer arranges himself so that all the evidence converges towards the Kip brothers. They are considered, condemned, they escape and with the assistance from a " Deus ex machina " , the true murderer is discovered.

Characters having inspired this novel

This novel is undoubtedly inspired by an legal affair of the end of the XIXe century: the Rorique brothers.

The talent of Jules Verne

In the beginning of the novel, the maritime part, one does not find the usual genius of Jules Verne. On the other hand, then, the novel is captivating: the reader sees the vice being tightened on the 2 brothers, then it there with the escape from the pénitentier of Port-Arthur (in Tasmanie), rich in bounces.

The mutiny

Jules Verne describes in a very short way the mutiny (only one page).

The ring of the kriss

The weapon having been used for the murder is a kriss. Part of this knife, the Ring, is found on the place of the crime and makes it possible to identify the weapon of the crime with precision. Jules Verne will take again this type of index in one of his posterior novels: in " a drama in Livonie " of 1904, the ring of the knife used by the killer leaves a mark characteristic on the victims of this knife.

Jules Verne and fenian of Ireland

Jules Verne speaks in this book about revolted Ireland, the Fenian. They are condemned wrongfully. Two of them are convicts who prepare an escape bid with the assistance from an American boat. In another of its novels " P' tit catch " (1893), Jules Verne speaks about the poverty of Irish. Anglophone article of wikipedia on the fenian

External bonds

  • Another summary of the book.
  • the anglophone text of Louis Becke (1855-1913) speaking about the Rorique brothers: format pdf page 58 chapter “'' the fate off the Alida ''” or library Gutenberg format HTML
  • the pénitentier of Port-Arthur: wikipedia anglophone

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