- Comment il va y avoir des chemins de fer atmosphériques!.... - Oui monsieur.... vous comprenez dès lors qu'il sera très facile d'en établir un de Douvres à Calais.... il est vrai que c'est encore un projet en l'air!....
- Comment il va y avoir des chemins de fer atmosphériques!.... - Oui monsieur.... vous comprenez dès lors qu'il sera très facile d'en établir un de Douvres à Calais.... il est vrai que c'est encore un projet en l'air!....
Title (alt.):
- What do you mean, there are going to be air[atmospheric] trains! - Yes Sir... you see, it will then be very easy to establish a connection between Dover and Calais.... but of course, the project is still suspended in air [it is a vague/empty project"]..... Charivari
Description:
New train lines were still being constructed during this period and the possibility of railway travel was still a novelty. Yet, the two men are fantasizing about the possibility of flying trains. The jokes here come from the double meaning of several of the phrases and the potential for the of the characters to be misunderstanding each other.
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Place of origin:
Paris
Notes:
3rd state.
Published in: Le Charivari, December 17, 1843.
Notes (acquisition):
Donated by: Benjamin A. and Julia M. Trustman, 1959.
