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Around The World In Eighty Days (Extraordinary Voyages)
by
Jules Verne
Evocative of an era when all travel was an adventure, this timeless classic is perfectly captured by Robert Ingpen's rich and detailed illustrations Although we live in an age when round-the-world travel is possible in hours rather than weeks, Jules Verne's tale of a race against the clock has never lost its power to thrill. Set in 1872, Mr. Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of pr...more
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Published
May 29th 2008
by Penguin Books
(first published 1872)
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Nov 10, 2008
Charity
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
People who love grand adventures
I finished Around the World in 80 Days today and it was even better than I remembered from my childhood. Admittedly, the version I had read as a child was the Great Illustrated Classics edition that was, unfortunately, abridged. I felt that a reading of the unabridged classic was long overdue. Shockingly enough, I still remembered the ending 20 years later.
Just the task Phileas Fogg faces in traveling the world in 80 days (in the 19th century) and the obstacles that pop up to delay his travels w...more
Just the task Phileas Fogg faces in traveling the world in 80 days (in the 19th century) and the obstacles that pop up to delay his travels w...more
Mi primer libro de Verne y por nada será el último. Me encantó su forma de relatar las aventuras y sobre todo el valor científico dentro de la obra, que le da el toque mágico por el año en el cual esta escrito. Los personajes totalmente queribles y expuestos, al igual del despliegue y la descripción geográfica.
¡GRANDE VERNE!
¡GRANDE VERNE!
Really neat story. It was a fun view into life about a century ago.
My only nit with it was with the particular audio book I heard: an annoying afterward that publisher felt he had to append. In it, he explained to us how Mr. Verne's views of other cultures are simply not acceptable to modern people such as ourselves, and although he has transgressed and used stereotypes of different cultures the book still has some value.
I found it unfair and unnecessary. Verne's depiction of different cultures...more
My only nit with it was with the particular audio book I heard: an annoying afterward that publisher felt he had to append. In it, he explained to us how Mr. Verne's views of other cultures are simply not acceptable to modern people such as ourselves, and although he has transgressed and used stereotypes of different cultures the book still has some value.
I found it unfair and unnecessary. Verne's depiction of different cultures...more
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The writing in this book was quite bad, although it may be unfair to blame Jules Verne for that since he wrote it in French and this was an English translation. But the story was totally ridiculous and quite upsetting. Verne's portrayal of Native Americans and South Asians borders on lunacy. His characters are all ridiculous stereotypes and are completely unbelievable. But the twist at the end...loved it. I thought it was really smart and surprising, especially for the target audience, which I'v...more
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Whether or not you've read the novel or watched the movie, Jules Verne's
Around the World in 80 Days
is so embedded in Western culture that just about everyone knows the basic plot premise: wealthy and reticent Englishman Phileas Fogg makes gentlemanly bet with his chums that he can travel around the world in 80 days and then sets off with his temperamental French servant to do just that.
The idea for the story came from the actual journey of eccentric Bostonian George Francis Train. (Who liked...more
The idea for the story came from the actual journey of eccentric Bostonian George Francis Train. (Who liked...more
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Dec 28, 2009
Ernest Junius
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
adventurous gentlemen
Recommended to Ernest by:
girlfriend
Shelves:
world-adventures,
relaxing-reads
Definitely classic! My girlfriend bought me this book about two years ago, considering my fondness of adventure story. I wasn't really have a chance to read it at that time, thus I had just recently read it a few days ago–and to my surprise I did "round the world" in merely less than three days.
The story sets itself in the middle of 19th century, in the very capital of England, London, where Phileas Fogg and his loyal French servant Passepartout set off on a race to round the world in eighty day...more
The story sets itself in the middle of 19th century, in the very capital of England, London, where Phileas Fogg and his loyal French servant Passepartout set off on a race to round the world in eighty day...more
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This was fun to read out loud. The phrasing was strange sometimes, possibly due to this being a translated work, but I thought it only contributed to the book's charm. My older son particularly enjoyed Passepartout's character. We discussed suttee, opium dens, Mormons, and extradition laws, among other things.
I confess to being a little disappointed that Fogg's success was mostly due to his wealth. He essentially bribes his way around the world; a poor man couldn't have made it.
I confess to being a little disappointed that Fogg's success was mostly due to his wealth. He essentially bribes his way around the world; a poor man couldn't have made it.
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أعجبتنى كثيرا شخصية مستر فوج وكذلك خادمه باسبارتو ودفاعه عن سيده فى جميع المواقف .....وما أعجبنى اكثر هو نهاية الرحلة فهو فى خلال رحلته حول العالم لم يكسب أى شىء ماعدا زوجة جميلة محبة جعلت منه أسعد رجل بين الرجال ....ألا يستحق ذلك منه رحلة حول العالم ....؟؟
NOTE: I "read" the audiobook version of this, narrated by the fabulous Jim Dale. I think this definitely added interest to the story, which did begin a bit dull, but ended splendidly! Dale is REMARKABLE at the characterization and voices and I think this tale is especially well suited to being read aloud by someone who can do all the accents! ;-> This version also sometimes plays music in the background, suited to the setting/culture and that was a nice touch and helped set the right tone.
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The most enjoyable book I have read in a long time, I was enthralled from the first chapter.
Some complain about the stereotypes and racist/xenophobic undertones of some parts, but in the context of Victorian-era Europe, this was how much of the population though, much as some of our attitudes today will seem inappropriate or offensive to future readers.
My one criticism is the pace change. The early parts of the journey are described in the finest detail, pairing a perfect picture of what the cha...more
Some complain about the stereotypes and racist/xenophobic undertones of some parts, but in the context of Victorian-era Europe, this was how much of the population though, much as some of our attitudes today will seem inappropriate or offensive to future readers.
My one criticism is the pace change. The early parts of the journey are described in the finest detail, pairing a perfect picture of what the cha...more
A group of fellows from the Reform Club bet Phineas Fogg that he can't make it around the world in 80 days. He stuffs a carpet bag with 20,000 pounds of his own money (the amount he will win from the bet if he wins) and is off with his brand new butler, Passepartout.
This has been a great read-aloud book with the children. For a little added geography benifit, we put up a big world map on the wall and are tracking the progress of Phineas Fogg's route with thumb tacks and a piece of yarn. We parti...more
This has been a great read-aloud book with the children. For a little added geography benifit, we put up a big world map on the wall and are tracking the progress of Phineas Fogg's route with thumb tacks and a piece of yarn. We parti...more
Synopsis: Phileas Fogg is a man that does everything with exactness. He makes a bet of 20,000 pounds with his friends that he can travel around the world in eighty days. In just over an hour he departs London for Dover with his newly hired French servant Passepartout. In Suez, a detective thinks that he recognizes Mr. Fogg as a notorious bank robber and begins to follow him and try to hinder him on his journey while he waits for a warrant to arrive from London. Amazingly, Phileas Fogg and his se...more
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Sep 13, 2009
Jess
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
armchair travelers, people who miss the days the sun didn't set on the british empire, Verne fans
Recommended to Jess by:
Falls into the ought-to read catalogy
While playing cards, a rich Englishman takes a bet, insisting it is possible to circle the globe in 80 days. And away he goes...
This is one of those books where I like the idea behind it more than the actual text. A race around the world with a deadline of 80 days? That sounds like fun.
As a British armchair traveler in 1872, I would have adored this. As Jess in 2009, it drags a bit. I simply don't care for long multi-paragraph descriptions of places. Frankly, I was a bit surprised to see all th...more
This is one of those books where I like the idea behind it more than the actual text. A race around the world with a deadline of 80 days? That sounds like fun.
As a British armchair traveler in 1872, I would have adored this. As Jess in 2009, it drags a bit. I simply don't care for long multi-paragraph descriptions of places. Frankly, I was a bit surprised to see all th...more
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So after reading an atrocious abridged version in my French class, I went down to the library and got the original. (Which, by the way, got short shrift on cover. Have you SEEN the Apple Classics version? I don't think they could have made it look lamer if they tried.)
This book is frustrating and fantastic at the same time. When I finished it, I was beaming. Jules Verne is, IMHO, one of the first science fiction authors and this book is nonetheless half romance. No, not kidding; it really does h...more
This book is frustrating and fantastic at the same time. When I finished it, I was beaming. Jules Verne is, IMHO, one of the first science fiction authors and this book is nonetheless half romance. No, not kidding; it really does h...more
This is the first time I've actually read this book and I am very much influenced by the movies! I was expecting hot air balloons and kept looking for the 'balloon ride' part in the book. I was very much surprised when I reached the end of the book and there was ONLY 1 mention of 'balloon'. It was only mentioned in passing. Well...
I did enjoy the book. Phileas Fogg is totally & completely OCD however I like the ending where he does show that he is not completely absent of feelings wherein th...more
I did enjoy the book. Phileas Fogg is totally & completely OCD however I like the ending where he does show that he is not completely absent of feelings wherein th...more
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I enjoy Jules Verne and the plot is, of course, jam packed with adventure, but Verne's old colonialist attitudes are truly annoying and left me rolling my eyes at many of the character descriptions. Once I was past them though, it was just a good old fashioned yarn.
Delightful, I loved it and I would recommend it to anyone. It was really enjoyable to read the descriptions of all the places that the main characters went through, and I especially like the section about Salt Lake City and the Mormons. Mostly inaccurate but still very funny, and it was so strange to read an account from 1873 and realize that just the day before, we were close to electing a Mormon president. I am so greatful for modern transportation, but there is still something alluring and ro...more
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It seems a shame to read about about travelling the world and not learn much about the culture, but I imagine that if he'd tried, Verne would have ended up describing buildings in tedious detail to create a book as difficult to read as 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Taken as it was meant - as an adventure story - it's fast paced with great characters. Around the World deserves its status as a classic.
I like Mr. Foggs cool manner. He is always calm and never shows emotion. He reminds me of Halt in the Rangers Apprentice a little bit. At the end when they get back to London, it is so sad that he lost the bet, but then Passepartout comes home with wonderful and horrible news in one. Read it and discover the news!
Fabulous read! I actually laughed out loud on a regular basis while reading. It's slightly anti-climatic but it fits the character of Phileas Fogg.
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne started very slow at first. But it got more and more intriguing until I couldn't stop thinking about what would happen to the characters.
It's about Mr. Fogg as he travels and goes against all odds to travel around the world in 80 days for a bet. The book surprises its readers with romance and lots of adventure ending with a turn of events that make you just want to jump up and down. I highly recommend this novel to anyone...It holds lots of honor,...more
It's about Mr. Fogg as he travels and goes against all odds to travel around the world in 80 days for a bet. The book surprises its readers with romance and lots of adventure ending with a turn of events that make you just want to jump up and down. I highly recommend this novel to anyone...It holds lots of honor,...more
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I randomly picked this book up and was really presently surprised. It is about a man in England in the 1870s who attempts to travel around the world in 80 days. It takes you through Calcutta, India, Hong Kong, Japan, then across the ocean to San Francisco, passes through good old Utah (It was really interesting hearing a description of Mormons at the time) and finally ends back in England. A very entertaining book with a sweet (meaning sentimental not cool) ending. Tyler stole the book from me w...more
“Around the World in 80 Days” was a very eventful book. The main Character (Mr. Fogg) placed a wager against some friends at an English reform club that he could travel around the world in 80 days. He then set off on his travels and ran into a lot of bad luck. He was constantly losing the time he gained by spending a large amount of cash. All throughout the book he was chased by an English detective who was waiting for an arrest warrant for Mr. Fogg. I would recommend this book to anyone who lik...more
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Cap. 1-12
A vedere la città non ci pensava neppure, che egli apparteneva a quella categoria di inglesi che fanno visitare dai loro domestici i paesi che attraversano.
Leggendo non posso far altro che ricordare il cartone animato che accompagnava la mia infanzia: i personaggi rappresentati da animali e la storia che mi convolgeva ogni giorno di più.
Fogg mi è sempre piaciuto nella sua impassibilità, Passepartout ne rappresenta l'aspetto umano. Sembrano due metà della stessa persona. Forse è questo i...more
A vedere la città non ci pensava neppure, che egli apparteneva a quella categoria di inglesi che fanno visitare dai loro domestici i paesi che attraversano.
Leggendo non posso far altro che ricordare il cartone animato che accompagnava la mia infanzia: i personaggi rappresentati da animali e la storia che mi convolgeva ogni giorno di più.
Fogg mi è sempre piaciuto nella sua impassibilità, Passepartout ne rappresenta l'aspetto umano. Sembrano due metà della stessa persona. Forse è questo i...more
Adam C. Zern shares some thoughts . . .
“As I’ve said before, I really enjoy reading the ‘classics’ simply to see what all the fuss is about. There has to be some reason for a book to endure decades and sometimes centuries of publishing while so many other books simply fade away into obscurity. Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days is a book that is usually read by a younger crowd (middle school aged usually), but I enjoyed it all the same.
Having not read the book, I was a little surprised t...more
“As I’ve said before, I really enjoy reading the ‘classics’ simply to see what all the fuss is about. There has to be some reason for a book to endure decades and sometimes centuries of publishing while so many other books simply fade away into obscurity. Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days is a book that is usually read by a younger crowd (middle school aged usually), but I enjoyed it all the same.
Having not read the book, I was a little surprised t...more
Read the book using fastr app for ipad in around 3 and a half hours in a single sitting. I am happy because I used to purchase novels and never get past first few pages or chapters. But tech has upped my reading skills.
I guess I will take up reading interesting books instead of watching movies for amusement. This is mainly due to the fact that most of the movies being released these days are an utter waste of time, but apparently aims to insult my intelligence. As regarding the book I read toda...more
I guess I will take up reading interesting books instead of watching movies for amusement. This is mainly due to the fact that most of the movies being released these days are an utter waste of time, but apparently aims to insult my intelligence. As regarding the book I read toda...more
Around the world in eighty days is a story about an English gentleman Phileas fogg and the journey he embarks upon with his servant passpartout. The journey was an uphill task, to travel around the world in not more than 80 days, and on stake were 20,000£, half of all the money mr fogg had.
to carry out this daunting task a number of things had to go right because even a slightest delay of a few hours could cost Mr fogg's plans dearly.
Throughout the journey, oftener than not, fogg found himself...more
to carry out this daunting task a number of things had to go right because even a slightest delay of a few hours could cost Mr fogg's plans dearly.
Throughout the journey, oftener than not, fogg found himself...more
I don't often say this, but I think I just read my favorite novel of all time. "Around the World in 80 Days", set between October and December, 1872 is a wondrous treat from the past by Jules Verne. The odd, eccentric OCD Phileas Fogg, English gentleman bets his whist opponents 20,000 pounds at the "Reform Club" in London that he can travel around the world in 80 days by traveling through Europe to Brindisi, steamer through Suez to Bombay, by rail across India to Calcutta, ship to Hong Kong and...more
Everyone knows Around The World in 80 Days, it is a classic story that has been referenced and talked about for years. While many people know the story, not many have actually read it. “Around the World in 80 Days” By Jules Verne, is a story about Mr. Phileas Fogg, a confident and positive man who places a bet with his fellow wealthy Englishmen to see if he could travel the world in 80 days.They accept, and accompanied by a French servant, Passepartout, a more reserved and anxious partner, they...more
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Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), and "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of spa...more
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We will be reading this to our older children - sounds great!
Jun 09, 2008 10:41am