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Well... So I do believe I saved a book's life. About to be tossed away, being a pariah of the garage sale variety, I not only took it home; I ...READ it. Aglow with endearing cliches, this is the source of plenty of adventure stories, many of which are films, comics, etc.
Verne's imagination is grand & the plot is silly and almost kid-like. But absurd it ain't. It is fun exactly because there is a topsy turvy madness to visiting places just to prove a point. It is fun because it is rife with interesting observations, factoids, themes that in Verne's day were barely in development. There is romance, the plot is thick with well... things happening, a ticking clock looms a large shadow, and a velocity is masterfully established that seems almost incredibly doable--the reader wants to experience this. (Airplanes suck ass anyway!

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Claudia C.

NOT BAD

Recensito in Italia il 4 gennaio 2022

Quite good

Around the world in 80 days

G. Montrasio

Recensito in Italia il 11 gennaio 2013

This is naturally a 're-read' at my age. None the less it still makes an interesting read that allows one to go happily down memory lane when the world was, or appeared, to be a lot better than today's.

Michelangelo

Consigliato

Recensito in Italia il 12 dicembre 2018

Direi come descritto tutto nella norma.

Recensito in Italia il 30 giugno 2019

Ho visto il film e poi ho deciso di leggere anche il libro
Molto bello

Recensito in Italia il 19 febbraio 2015

Il libro è scritto bene e anche in inglese ti fa vivere l'avventura e lo consiglio vivamente per chi vuole migliorare la lingua

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Susan Catchpole

Appalling translation! Gave up after a page!

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 30 ottobre 2020

I don’t know what has gone wrong with this Kindle edition, but it reads as if someone has just typed it into Google translate! On the 1st page, we get: “Certainly an Englishman, it have emerge as greater dubious whether or no longer or no longer or now not Phileas Fogg come to be a Londoner.” There are no typos here, that is how it is in the book. And that is just one of a dozen equally crazy sentences on page 1. Don’t bother buying it.

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James Tivendale

"Truly, would you not for less than that make a tour around the world?"

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 31 ottobre 2016

This is the second Verne book I have devoured in two days which have both been accredited five stars. I could end the review at that and I would be content!

Similar to The Journey to the Centre of the Earth which I read yesterday - Verne creates amazingly awesome and complex characters. The main protagonist Mr. Fogg is an obsessive compulsive routine loving time keeper who bets his chums at the club that he can travel around the world in 80 days, which a newspaper said was possible - if no delays were incurred. He is so deep though, so much is beneath the surface of this quiet, content gent. Never fearing or worrying whatever dilemmas are thrown in his path and always willing to fail the mission to help his friends. He is also very good at handling a boat. I have to ask - does anyone know if he has been in any of Verne's previous stories at it seems like he has an amazing past. If he hasn't been present and that is just what is built up by the writing in this book I am speechless.

His trusty French manservant is amazing too - Not for a long time have two characters been so three dimensional and have I truly cared about them so much in 200 or so pages. This dude is clever, he worries like he is always ruining the plan but he is very loyal, apt gymnast and sometimes lifesaver.

Other characters Fix (a stalking policeman) and Aouda (a rescued Indian damsel) are amazingly created colourful characters too.

I don't want to say too much of the story but it takes places all over the world. London, China, India, Japan, HK, America, Liverpool amongst others. Full of amazing set pieces that whilst being gripping always bring a smile to your face. Travelling on an elephant to rescue a lady due to be burnt to the death, fighting bandits on railway lines in the US are just a couple of these many amazing incidents. I was expecting a scene with a hot air balloon which I see in all the film version advertisments which (spoiler) is not in the book.

I do think that later I am going to watch the Steve Coogan /Jackie Chan version of this to see how it compares.

Love as always. James x
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M. Dowden

Phileas Fogg

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 2 gennaio 2017

Jules Verne gave us here Phileas Fogg, a totally fictional character but one that still remains more famous than any of the real life people who actually have done the trip that Mr Fogg undertakes. An Englishman who is wealthy and very much keeps to himself, no one knows what his wealth is derived from, or much about him. Tight lipped and with no real friends Phileas is a member of the Reform Club and keeps to an exact timetable, day in day out.

But on the day that he employs Jean Passpartout as his valet he also ends up taking on a bet, to circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Although still popular it has to be admitted that a lot of the plot and ideas have probably been knowingly or unknowingly stolen from others, but that still doesn’t detract from the way this story pulls you in and keeps you reading.

As Jean is about to find out, the quiet life of regularity that he was expecting to have with Fogg is not going to happen as they start off on their journey. Soon our intrepid hero is being sought by the police as the possible person, who carried out a robbery at the Bank of England, and thus in the Middle East has Fix of the Yard on his tail, trying to delay him whilst a warrant can be served.

Full of incident, and even some romance, with the saving of a young Indian lady, Aouda, Fogg is determined to fulfil his side of the bet and travel around the world in eighty days. This is fast paced and makes for some great escapism, whether young or old, and something to keep in mind, the wager which is for twenty thousand pounds would in today’s money easily be a couple of million. As you can imagine not only does Phileas Fogg have a grand task ahead of him, but one that could spell his ruin, especially as he has to spend money on his trip if he wants to complete it.

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M. Dowden

Phileas Fogg

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 31 dicembre 2016

Jules Verne gave us here Phileas Fogg, a totally fictional character but one that still remains more famous than any of the real life people who actually have done the trip that Mr Fogg undertakes. An Englishman who is wealthy and very much keeps to himself, no one knows what his wealth is derived from, or much about him. Tight lipped and with no real friends Phileas is a member of the Reform Club and keeps to an exact timetable, day in day out.

But on the day that he employs Jean Passpartout as his valet he also ends up taking on a bet, to circumnavigate the world in just eighty days. Although still popular it has to be admitted that a lot of the plot and ideas have probably been knowingly or unknowingly stolen from others, but that still doesn’t detract from the way this story pulls you in and keeps you reading.

As Jean is about to find out, the quiet life of regularity that he was expecting to have with Fogg is not going to happen as they start off on their journey. Soon our intrepid hero is being sought by the police as the possible person, who carried out a robbery at the Bank of England, and thus in the Middle East has Fix of the Yard on his tail, trying to delay him whilst a warrant can be served.

Full of incident, and even some romance, with the saving of a young Indian lady, Aouda, Fogg is determined to fulfil his side of the bet and travel around the world in eighty days. This is fast paced and makes for some great escapism, whether young or old, and something to keep in mind, the wager which is for twenty thousand pounds would in today’s money easily be a couple of million. As you can imagine not only does Phileas Fogg have a grand task ahead of him, but one that could spell his ruin, especially as he has to spend money on his trip if he wants to complete it.

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John P

Dated, but.....

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 24 febbraio 2022

This adventure story is now very dated, especially when it comes to race, colour and class (and language). It also it partly a travel guide with long descriptive passages on landscapes etc. This makes it an interesting historic read, with a gripping story at its core. The new BBC version is so far removed from this that I am amazed they used the same title.