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Favorite Childhood Books (164) Favourite Books (83) » 43 more Unread books (129) Books Read in 2016 (320) Sonlight Books (77) Top Five Books of 2013 (508) Asia (6) Out of Copyright (20) Books Read in 2015 (313) 19th Century (48) Books Read in 2014 (371) Overdue Podcast (54) Elevenses (210) 1,001 BYMRBYD Concensus (180) Books Read in 2013 (1,053) Unshelved Book Clubs (20) Books Read in 2012 (40) Books Read in 2017 (3,854) United Kingdom (61) Generation Joshua (48) Books Read in 2021 (477) Epic Fiction (28) No current Talk conversations about this book. My very first read of a Jules Verne classic, and I found it quite enjoyable. Very light hearted, and totally adventurous. Phineas Fogg was one of the main characters, and very determined, in wanting to get around the world in just 80 days. And I found his loyal servant Passpartout quite captivating. Many occurrences happened along the way, and it was interesting to see how they wrangled themselves out of each situation. It's easy to see why it's a classic book; the framework of Around the World in 80 Days is great, a rousing adventure that shows various distinct places in the world in 1872, with an added police pursuit for complication. It's also easy to see why it is significantly modified in more modern filmed versions, as it is steeped in colonialism with an absolutely vapid main character and one major female character who is there to be rescued and adore the vapid main character. That said, after the first few chapters of info dump, it's a very fast read because of the pace of the action. Read it to understand why it is a classic. Lively translation, although Butcher's notes are less helpful than they could be. Belongs to SeriesBelongs to Publisher Series — 40 more Dean's Classics (13) Elsevier pockets (JVW11) Grandes Novelas de Aventuras (XXXIV) Die grosse Jules Verne Ausgabe (Band 6) I Libri dell'Unità (Mongolfiere, 1) Penguin Clothbound Classics (2021*) Tus Libros. Anaya (37) Is contained inJourney to the Center of the Earth / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / Round the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / The Mysterious Island / Journey to the Center of the Earth / Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Das grosse Jules-Verne-Buch. Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen - 20.000 Meilen unter dem Meer - Fünf Wochen im Ballon. by Jules Verne The Works of Jules Verne: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, Around the World in Eighty Days, Short Stories by Jules Verne Around the World in 80 Days / A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Around the World in Eighty Days / From the Earth to the Moon / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Amazing Journeys: Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Circling the Moon, 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, and Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne JULES VERNE OMNIBUS Around the World in Eighty Days, from the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, the Blockade Runners by Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / Around the World in Eighty Days / The Blockade Runners / From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It by Jules Verne Collected Novels: Around the World in 80 Days / The Clipper of the Clouds / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / From the Earth to the Moon / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Jules Verne - Romane (Vier Bände im Schuber): 20.000 Meilen unter den Meeren - In 80 Tagen um die Welt - Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde - Von der Erde zum Mond by Jules Verne International Collector's Library Classics 19 volumes: Crime & Punishment; Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Mysterious Island; Magic Mountain; Around the World in 80 Days; Count of Monte Cristo; Camille; Quo Vadis; Hunchback of Notre Dame; Nana; Scaramouche; Pinocchio; Fernande; War and Peace; The Egyptian; From the Earth to the Moon; Candide; Treasure of Sierra Madre; Siddhartha/Steppenwolf by Jules Verne Is retold inHas the (non-series) sequelHas the adaptationIs abridged inInspiredHas as a student's study guideJules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, Michael Strogoff (Monarch Notes) by Charles A. Raines Has as a teacher's guide
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. No library descriptions found. |
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I’m kind of baffled why I’ve never read this before now. It was fun and entertaining. It’s quite different from the TV adaptation but I knew that going in. I enjoyed reading about Fogg and Passepartout’s adventures. Fogg is an odd character and I sort of envisioned him as David Tennant throughout the book. The part where he’s unaware that he’s being followed and is suspected of being a thief was fun. (