Robur the Conqueror
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781406501810 (1406501816)
Publish date: October 1st 2005
Publisher: Dodo Press
Pages no: 164
Edition language: English
Series: Extraordinary Voyages
I disliked the racist aspect of the book which consists mostly of systematically using the African American character for comic effect. I know Verne systematically makes fun of people on the basis of their national backgrounds but we still swallow that down. I also know the Verne books were meant to...
[With apologies to Monty Python] John Cleese: Albatross! Albatross!! Albatross!!! Customer: Have you got any character development or memorable dialogue?Cleese: Of course I haven't got any bloody character development or memorable dialogue, this is a bloody Jules Verne novel! But I have got an Albat...