Around the World in 80 Days

"Truly, would you not for less than that make a tour around the world?" This is the second Verne book I have devoured in two days which have both been accredited four-five stars. I could end the review at that and I would be content! Similar to The Journey to the Centre of the Earth which I read yeste......more

Some people will tell you this book is not an adventure, and is in fact boring. But that's not true. If your definition of "adventure" includes more to-the-minute scheduling than it does hijinks, you will find this book action-packed. And if your idea of a good climactic fight scene involves the enti......more

Challenge and adventure… The concept of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days is one of the most original in literature… The tale is entertaining and chivalric… By hook or by crook the goal must be achieved… By steamship or by elephant… No matter what, move forward! The elephant was led in and......more

Well... So I do believe I saved a book's life. About to be tossed away, being a pariah of the garage sale variety, I not only took it home; I ...READ it. Aglow with endearing cliches, this is the source of plenty of adventure stories, many of which are films, comics, etc. Verne's imagination is gran......more

Around the year 1870, there was much discussion of the idea that a sufficiently determined world traveller could traverse the entire globe with hitherto unimaginable speed. Such discussions engaged the interest of Jules Verne, a writer who was always interested in the ways in which human beings’ sci......more