Around the World in 80 Days

Langue : English

Publié 28 novembre 2014

ISBN :
978-1-5032-1515-3
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3 étoiles (3 critiques)

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager GB£20,000 (equivalent to £1,798,872 in 2019) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.

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I enjoyed this book a lot more than I thought! It's a fun adventure story, and I think probably fits in a lot better with other 19th century adventure stories than it does with other science-fiction of the time, though it's also not as if they were too distinct back then. But while it does obviously focus on technology and how it has changed (and continues to change) the world, it's definitely meant as a realistic, contemporary (published as a serial in 1872, afaict with the dates in the story roughly matching with actual dates) story — e.g. at particularly desperate moment the idea of crossing an ocean by balloon shows up, but is dismissed immediately as undoable.

Definitely the best parts are when Verne pokes fun at the whole British-Empire-gentlemen culture and its absurdities. It's not in any way anti-imperialist, but ig it's refreshing to read this sentiment in …

Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

3 étoiles

Alors je ne surprendrai personne en écrivant que ce roman d'aventure, aux yeux de l'adulte du XXIe siècle, a pris un très gros coup de vieux. À l'époque déjà, adolescent, je n'avais pas accroché à ce roman de Jules Verne ; aujourd'hui, il porte (davantage encore) tous les travers coloniaux de l'époque. Je crois que le paroxysme est atteint avec les sacrifices indiens, où la jeune femme est sauvée des flammes, et plus tard l'attaque du train, par les Amérindiens. Je suis heureux d'avoir rouvert ce Jules Verne (trente-cinq ans que je n'avais rien lu de l'auteur), celui précisément qu'à l'époque je n'avais pas apprécié : ça me conforte dans l'idée qu'il me faut rester sur l'image que j'en avais adolescent ; et cela n'entachera que très peu ceux que j'avais aimés (20 000 lieues sous les mers, Voyage au centre de la Terre ou Cinq semaines en ballon, par …

The old style of adventure, entertaining, but not enthralling

4 étoiles

Mr. Fog goes on a romp around the world to prove a bet, that it can be done in less than 80 days. It comes down to the wire, as you would assume it just, and yet the ending still manages to exceed your expectations. It's a quick and easy read, but still decent fun.