An electric storm raging in France after a breakdown at an electric station puts George Lorris, a lieutenant of the French army in the corps of chemical engineers, in contact with Estelle Lacombe via the téléphonoscope. George’s father, the great scientist and inventor Philox Lorris, opposes the marriage… He sends his colleague Sulfatin to join the couple on a trip and meddle in their relationship… Meanwhile, Philox Lorris is working on two novel scientific applications: a biological weapon and a vaccine that is meant to boost one’s health… which get mixed up at a party…
First Appearance “Le vingtième siècle: la vie électrique” by Albert Robida serialized in La Science illustrée (1891–1892)
First Publisher Librairie illustrée
Appearance List “Le vingtième siècle: la vie électrique” by Albert Robida serialized in La Science illustrée (1891–1892); Le vingtième siècle: la vie électrique (1892); dated 1893 on some surviving copies) — first book edition by Librairie illustrée; Electric Life (2013) by Albert Robida adapted/translated by Brian Stableford [Black Coat Press — Read a chapter.
Sample Read Le vingtième siècle: la vie électrique (1892) [Internet Archive]
Description An electric storm raging in France after a breakdown at an electric station puts George Lorris, a lieutenant of the French army in the corps of chemical engineers, in contact with Estelle Lacombe via the téléphonoscope. George’s father, the great scientist and inventor Philox Lorris, opposes the marriage… He sends his colleague Sulfatin to join the couple on a trip and meddle in their relationship… Meanwhile, Philox Lorris is working on two novel scientific applications: a biological weapon and a vaccine that is meant to boost one’s health… which get mixed up at a party…
