Cum să deconstruiești o utopie sau despre riscurile multiplei auctorialități în „Cele cinci sute de milioane ale Begumei” de Jules Verne
How to deconstruct a utopia or about the multiple risks of the authorship in "Cele cinci sute de milioane ale Begumei" by Jules Verne

Summary/Abstract: „The Begum’s Millions” by Jules Verne is the story of two opposite cities: a utopia built by a French doctor and a dystopia built by a German chemist. The first one is peaceful and extremely hygienic, the second is insalubrious and its only end is to create the perfect weapon to destroy the French utopia. This opposition doesn’t always work in the novel, and this is because of the three “collaborators” who worked for it: Grousset (the author of the draft), Verne himself, and last but not least, his publisher, Hetzel. Each and every one of them has his very own idea to prove by this novel and therefore his very own utopia/ dystopia to put into the book. The battle for meaning between them is also a very interesting story. The three utopias fight eachother and none of them stands still as such. At the end of the day, the only idea actually proven into the novel is that utopia and dystopia are one, which in fact is a modern idea (more likely our idea).

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