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I somehow never got around to this one as a kid, though I *loved* Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Too bad, because it's a fun action adventure story, though there isn't a whole lot of depth--which I wouldn't have picked up on as a kid. On the one hand, the Victorian rah-rah-colonialism attitude is both expected and uncomfortable (I didn't realize Jules Verne was quite the anglophile)...on the other, some cultural faux pas committed by our intrepid he
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Not a fan of Fogg.
This is a problematic book, of course -- and moreso than many classics. There is zero cultural or racial competency, many problematic scenes, and the only female character in the book is virtually silent the entire time and there only to fall in love with the hero.
But the trip around the world is fun and creative, and the writing moves along at an exciting clip, with details about transportation technology and routes that were brand new when this was written in the 1870s. Worth a read.
But the trip around the world is fun and creative, and the writing moves along at an exciting clip, with details about transportation technology and routes that were brand new when this was written in the 1870s. Worth a read.
This book is one of the greatest written. Its combination of adventure, action, mystery, and intrigue drive me to read more by Jules Verne. The one downfall of this book is its length. One seems to just figure out the characters by the time it is all wrapped up. From the beginning to the end this book is one to enjoy. I have to say that this book is very easy to read and because the shortness of the chapters a very quick read. It almost makes me want to learn French just so I can read it in its
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Nov 24, 2012
Denise
marked it as to-read
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mr. x
marked it as classics
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