Jacques Paganel
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Jacques Eliacin François Marie Paganel is one of the main characters in Jules Verne's 1867-68 novel In Search of the Castaways (original title Les Enfants du capitaine Grant). Paganel represents the absent-minded professor stock character.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Verne gives a memorable characterisation of his hero:
In the novel, Paganel is the "Secretary of the Geographical Society of Paris, Corresponding Member of the Societies of Berlin, Bombay, Darmstadt, Leipsic, London, St. Petersburg, Vienna, and New York; Honorary Member of the Royal Geographical and Ethnographical Institute of the East Indies"[1]. After many years of being a cabinet professor, he decides to take a voyage to India, but by mistake boards the protagonists' yacht Duncan (which is going to Patagonia), the first of Paganel's absent-minded actions.
A further mistake was to learn the Portuguese language accidentally, rather than Spanish. Paganel studied The Lusiads of Camoens over six weeks, believing the poem to be written in Spanish.[1]
Nevertheless, Paganel proves to be an important member of the search party. His interpretation of the documents is vital in the advancement of the novel; he also provides numerous geographical references and is a constant source of humor.
In film and television
Actors who have played Paganel on the screen include:
- Nikolai Cherkasov, in The Children of Captain Grant (1936)
- Maurice Chevalier, in In Search of the Castaways (1962)
- Lembit Ulfsak, in In Search of Captain Grant (1985)
References
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- ↑ Chapter XV, "Jacques Paganel's Spanish".
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