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Around the World in Eighty Days
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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, narrated by Jim Dale 4 stars
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Karin wrote: "What fun-the audiobook version narrated by Jim Dale is A +!Phineas Fog is the epitome of the calm, cool and collected English gentleman whom no one knows much about other than that he spends his ..."
I have listened to this audiobook too and have to agree! Jim Dale is A+, as always.
The hot air balloon is on the cover because the movie and series versions include travelling by this means, and it is incredibly memorable.
I loved the movie as a kid, but I never read the book.Tell me, was Nellie Bly in the book? I know she was in either the book or the movie, or a character based on her. She was a famous reporter at the time. I just read a book by her.
NancyJ wrote: "I loved the movie as a kid, but I never read the book.Tell me, was Nellie Bly in the book? I know she was in either the book or the movie, or a character based on her. She was a famous reporter a..."
Did you read Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World?
Having read this delightful book last year for the first time made me wonder why it had taken so long to get to it! Found this to be a fun read!
No, Nellie Bly was NOT in the book--I'd have remembered, and there was NO hot air balloon! She travelled after the book IRL--she was a journalist.Did the movie have the sleigh with the sails????
Why do they have to change so much in the movies? It was exciting just has it was!
The woman in the book was the East Indian woman, and I don't want to say any more about it as it's a spoiler.
Theresa wrote: " Did you read Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World"No, but it's on my to-read list. I read Ten Days in a Madhouse. I just saw that she also wrote a book in 1890 called Around the World in 72 days!
Karin wrote: "No, Nellie Bly was NOT in the book--I'd have remembered, and there was NO hot air balloon! She travelled after the book IRL--she was a journalist.Did the movie have the sleigh with the sails????
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Thanks, it sounds great, and perfect for this month's tag. I'll bet the audio would be perfect for a long car ride. I thought I read the book when I was young, but maybe I only saw the movie. Either way I don't remember much so it will feel just like new.
NancyJ wrote: "Karin wrote: "No, Nellie Bly was NOT in the book--I'd have remembered, and there was NO hot air balloon! She travelled after the book IRL--she was a journalist.Did the movie have the sleigh with ..."
I agree, and, unlike Journey to the Centre of the Earth it's something that can be enjoyed by adults (I loved Journey as a young teen or tween, but NOT as an adult! I won't even bother rereading 20K Leagues.
This is Verne's best, and to have it read by Jim Dale would only make it better!
Jim Dale is great! I liked this one of Verne’s the best, too. (So far)
I see this is a popular choice--I am so happy I opted for it!
Phineas Fog is the epitome of the calm, cool and collected English gentleman whom no one knows much about other than that he spends his days at his club--it's obvious Verne had fun with that. Never ruffled, lives his life on the exact same schedule day after day after day. He fires a servant for giving him his shaving water heated 2 degrees off and hires a new one the French Passepartout. Passepartout has lived an adventurous life with a variety of physically demanding jobs and wants nothing more than to be the man servant to a gentleman who comes home punctually every evening and lives a quiet life.
But, alas, Passepartout is disappointed, because on the very evening of his first day of employment, Fog bets his comrades at his club that he can voyage around the world in exactly 80 days--the minimum number that has been calculated for the transportation systems of that time, and they depart that very evening. But it just so happens that an Inspector Fix becomes fixed on the idea that this Fog is the thief who made off with £55,000 and plans to arrest him at the Suez canal. However, he ends up trailing Fog on his journey, thwarted by the slowness of the arrival of the arrest warrant.
Why the audiobook cover I listened to has a hot air balloon on it, I have no idea, but Fog et al certainly travel by a variety of means.