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Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne

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Aug 20, 2020 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: challenge, just-for-fun, kids-1001, around-the-world, friendship, the-classics-club, on-the-road, adventure

Around the World in Eighty Days was my Classics Club spin pick this time. I had never read it before. I had never seen the movie. I actually knew nothing about the story.

The story takes place in the 1870s. Phileas Fogg bets his friends a boatload of money that he can travel all around the world in eighty days. Accompanying him on his trip are his valet Passapartout, a princess from India, and a detective, Mr. Fix. As they travel around the world, they are delayed by troubles on the railroad; a s ...more

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Jan 21, 2023 Linda Martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, clean, humor, travel, fiction, 2023, adventure

Yes, well now I have read it, at long last. This was quite the journey. I vicariously traveled with some crazy characters through terrible conditions in or on a variety of conveyances.

Constantly the stress of time constraints weighed on the servant, Passepartout, but his master, Phileas Fogg, remained calm and peaceful. What a great contrast between the traveling companions!

We all have that choice of course. No matter where in this world we go we can be insecure, nervous, anxious and worried. O ...more

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