Around
the World in 80 Days is
the eleventh book written by Jules Verne. This book follows Phileas
Fogg and his newly hired French valet, Passepartout. This book starts
out with Fogg being wealthy and very predictable in his ways by being
at the having a daily schedule which was the same everyday with exact
times that he would leave home and arrive at the Reform Club in
London. On the same day that he hires Passepartout he makes a wager
with a group of men, with whom he plays whist daily at the club, that
he could make a trip around the world in eighty days. Surprising
Passepartout he arrives home early telling him to pack some clothes
in a carpet bag along with some money they immediately begin their
travels. After they started on their journey Detective Fix started
following their trail and tried to delay them along the way while
waiting for a warrant from England for the arrest of Fogg, who Fix
believes robbed the Bank of England just days before their departure.
Many
of us have seen 1956 or
2004 movie or one of many cartoons or spoofs loosely based on this
book. I noticed many differences in the book. A stop in Paris is
briefly mentioned in the book. None of the travel was made in a
balloon in this story, most of it done by sea or rail. By his
description of the area they travel, you feel like you are with them.
Despite the differences, I still like the book better than the
movies.
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Links:
You
can download this book in various ebook formats from the various
sites:
Project
Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/103
Barnes
& Noble:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/around-the-world-in-eighty-days-jules-verne/1100059495?ean=2940017083932
Tim’s
Rating: ****
(Four
out of five stars)
I’m
off to read another book. Check back periodically for more book
reviews.
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