Around the World in Eighty Days in Classics Without All the Class

Mar 17, 2022 Amber rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: in-my-home-library

What a grand adventure Phileas Fogg and Passepartout had trying to going around the world in 80 days. I recently watch the PBS Masterpiece dramatization of Around the World in 80 Days and was surprised at how much they changed the characters and the story.

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Apr 02, 2016 Beth Given rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio

I might have rated this a solid four stars but the fact that I listened to it with my family (my husband and eleven-year-old son both LOVED this classic!) pushes it up to five for me. Very fun adventure story! Well told with fun characters and engaging plot. I was totally engaged as the group makes their way around the world.

I thought it was interesting to think of how this technology was so current at the time and yet how much has changed since then. What would a modern circumnavigation look li ...more

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Jan 05, 2012 SarahC rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: victorian

This is an adventure story, a "steam-driven fairy tale" (says James Hynes in the introduction) -- for grownups. And more charming still it is some proof that the so-called straight-laced Victorians liked a good, light-hearted story just like we do. It is a fun story full of unlikely events, mistaken identities, brave risks, and a little romance. My cup of tea. ...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Vera rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2011-reads

It was good to actually read the book because I've always heard about the story. This seemed nearly like steampunk because it used some unorthodox methods of travel when needed, but it was written in the 1800's. A good read. ...more

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