false 54479 462 Jules Verne's career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction-stories that combined popular science and exploration. In <I>Around the World in Eighty Days</I>, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days, and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot-blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager. Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, <I>Around the World in Eighty Days</I> gripped audiences upon its publication and remains hugely popular to this day. 4537271 book 1872 Around the World in Eighty Days total:6622|5:1319|4:2366|3:2300|2:527|1:110| 6622 24123 8845 432 4 2 false false Thu May 29 09:57:26 -0700 2008 Thu May 29 10:04:32 -0700 2008
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 mo...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 02 11:54:18 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 08:29:07 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 true false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 15:16:32 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 15:18:18 -0800 2009 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 th...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Jan 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 17 18:27:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 27 11:12:55 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 15:23:46 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 08:25:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 06:18:08 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 07:54:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed May 21 07:57:32 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 10 15:00:50 -0800 2008 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 child was the Great Illustrated Classics edition that was, unfortunately, abridged. I felt that a reading of the unabridged classic was long overdue. Shockin...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 14:10:34 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 14:02:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 08 17:37:31 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 17:37:31 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Sat Nov 22 18:00:23 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 18:02:31 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 13:11:34 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 24 13:16:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 14:30:19 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 14:32:21 -0800 2009 Author: Jules Verne
Genre: Young Adult
Challenges: 101 Books in 1001 Days, TBR *Lite* Challenge 2009, A to Z Reading Challenge, Numbers Challenge, 2009 Audiobook Challenge, 20 Books in 2009, Pages Read Challenge 2009, 2009 YA (Young Adult) Challen...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:40:07 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 08:49:33 -0800 2009
The...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:58:53 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 01:27:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 17:50:30 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 17:51:37 -0700 2009 Around the World in 80 Days is the most recent book in the list of novels I have read to my son. Never having read Verne before I settled on our nightly routine, I found myself convinced that his novels would be good "boy books", and am pleased to say that I myself have found them very en...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 18:02:37 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 18:02:46 -0700 2009 Jules Verne's story shows us small episodes of Phileas Fogg's adventure around the world. These episodes, chapters really, are generally abou...more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 12 20:03:09 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 20:08:52 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:38:03 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 15:53:04 -0700 2009
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 fu...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 19 15:43:41 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 15:58:34 -0800 2008 2
This is my favourite book ever. Every time i tell someone it's my favourite book i IMMEDIATELY tell them, "No it's not about the guy in the hot air balloon." Because except for a throwaway line, there was no balloon at...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 08:18:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 20:18:49 -0700 2009 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 tha...more...]]>