"Around the world in 80 days," was written in the 1870s. Wow. I am floored. A year of life is so long, it's almost beyond a human brain to think of 140 years of the passage of time. So much of 19th century fic, moreover, is full of intensely ornate, highly agglutinized sentences. The people, finally...
Verne's stories are always fun, but Around the World is the most light weight of them all. A stereotypical English gentleman and his stereotypical French servant rush around the world and have some mild adventures. The cover of my copy of the book shows a hot air balloon floating across a map of the...
A los libros de Jules Verne la verdad es que siempre les doy 5 estrellas pues me entrtienen bastante, y este libro me ha gustado, ya habia visto hace años la pelicula, pero el libro sin duda es muy bueno, lo he llamado "mi libro de viaje" ps solo lo he leído cuando iba de paseo o ala escuela en el ...
I read this as a kid and it's such a hoot reading it now. The language is so much different than those contemporary books I'm usually reading so it's hard to get used to, but this was one of the books that really got me into reading. the world that was imagined and the lands that were visited made...
I didn't get real excited about the first "Donna" book, but I always enjoy Jake's blog so I thought maybe the second book in the "Donna" series would be better. I didn't find that to be the case. I'll probably skip future "Donna" books.
I was suprised how much I enjoyed this book. The reader did a great job with the accents, etc. There was music and sound effects, which really added to the story. While most of the characters are pretty 2D, they still managed to suprise me. But I have to say, all these years, I was positive there wa...
This is a pretty simple tale of a man, the strong silent and I do mean silent type, who goes around the world by all means available in 80 days just because his honour and a wager demand it. Put like that the plot of Phileas Fogg tale of actions, perils and heroic deeds sounds silly and it is. This ...
I read this years ago and having watched again the movie 'based' on the book with Jackie Chan. I must admit that this book as I recall was dry, dusty and a little on the slow side. However the premise behind it was fascinating and drew me in even as a child.However ultimately if I were picking the b...
I read this book awhile ago so this review is not going to go into to much detail about what I liked and what I didn't like. However there is nothing about this book that I remember disliking.I loved it. I stayed up all night reading it- it helped that I have never seen any of the movies or met anyo...
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