Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Fingal's Cave

Felix Mendelssohn was inspired by Fingal's Cave and wrote his Hebridean Overture.  Joseph Turner painted his Staffa, Fingal's Cave in 1832.  Sir Walter Scott described it as one of the most extraordinary places he ever beheld.  Jules Verne described it in detail in Green Ray and this cave can be seen throughout his works especially his most extraordinary novel, Mysterious Island.  Perhaps a trip to the Hebrides is not possible, but the music of Mendelssohn and the literature of Sir Walter Scott and Jules Verne are not.  Or should the Book Wraith claim Jules Verne as one of its own?

1 comment:

Annehueser said...

We're discussing Jules Verne's Tbe Mysterious Island Saturday at our book club. The book wraith won't get him this week.