Title: Around the World in 80 DaysAuthor: Jules VerneUltimately a critique of a mechanistic, clockwork world view that anticipates the assembly line and Taylor's time-motion studies. The ending switches its terms with a romantic suturing worthy of Austen, though Fogg is still an enigma and a profoun...
This is the first time I've actually read this book and I am very much influenced by the movies! I was expecting hot air balloons and kept looking for the 'balloon ride' part in the book. I was very much surprised when I reached the end of the book and there was ONLY 1 mention of 'balloon'. It wa...
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