A volta ao mundo em 80 dias: Texto adaptado

De Júlio Verne, Neuville e Léon Benett

Edição traduzida e condensada por Maria Alice de A. Sampaio Doria.
Para um homem calmo e metódico como Phileas Fogg, que nunca se apressa, porém nunca chega atrasado, não existem adversidades que não possam ser ultrapassadas. Tudo é uma questão de cálculo e organização.
Em 1872, quando aceita uma aposta quase impossível de se realizar — dar a volta ao mundo em oitenta dias —, Fogg começa a perceber que as coisas nem sempre saem exatamente como se espera, apesar de todo um trabalho de organização e planejamento. Principalmente quando, durante a viagem, é confundido com um ladrão de bancos e passa a ter a polícia em seu encalço.
Júlio Verne, uma das mentes mais criativas e revolucionárias do seu tempo, consegue, neste clássico da literatura mundial, fazer que o leitor viaje com Phileas Fogg e seu criado Jean Passepartout pelos quatro cantos do mundo. Você vai viver inúmeras aventuras, percebendo que, afinal, o mundo não é tão grande quanto se pensa e que, às vezes, a imprevisibilidade pode ser a salvação.

• Idioma: Português
• Editora: Editora Melhoramentos
• Data de lançamento: 24 de jan. de 2017
• ISBN: 9788506069844

Júlio Verne

Julio Verne (Nantes, 1828 - Amiens, 1905). Nuestro autor manifestó desde niño su pasión por los viajes y la aventura: se dice que ya a los 11 años intentó embarcarse rumbo a las Indias solo porque quería comprar un collar para su prima. Y lo cierto es que se dedicó a la literatura desde muy pronto. Sus obras, muchas de las cuales se publicaban por entregas en los periódicos, alcanzaron éxito ense­guida y su popularidad le permitió hacer de su pa­sión, su profesión. Sus títulos más famosos son Viaje al centro de la Tierra (1865), Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino (1869), La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días (1873) y Viajes extraordinarios (1863-1905). Gracias a personajes como el Capitán Nemo y vehículos futuristas como el submarino Nautilus, también ha sido considerado uno de los padres de la ciencia fic­ción. Verne viajó por los mares del Norte, el Medi­terráneo y las islas del Atlántico, lo que le permitió visitar la mayor parte de los lugares que describían sus libros. Hoy es el segundo autor más traducido del mundo y fue condecorado con la Legión de Honor por sus aportaciones a la educación y a la ciencia.

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I. QUANDO PHILEAS FOGG CONTRATA PASSEPARTOUT

Em 1872, na casa de número 7 da Saville Row, morava um dos membros mais excêntricos e mais inusitados do Reform Club de Londres: Phileas Fogg, uma pessoa enigmática, de quem nada se sabia, a não ser que era um homem distinto e um dos mais bonitos da sociedade inglesa.

Ninguém duvidava de que Phileas Fogg fosse inglês, mas, com certeza, não era londrino. Nunca havia sido visto na Bolsa e não fazia parte de nenhuma comissão do governo. Não era industrial, nem comerciante, nem fazendeiro. Phileas Fogg era membro do Reform Club e ponto final.

A quem perguntasse como um cavalheiro assim misterioso fora aceito como membro de um clube tão seleto, bastava dizer que havia sido recomendado pelos irmãos Baring, em cuja instituição tinha crédito ilimitado. Pagava suas contas à vista, com cheques debitados em conta corrente, invariavelmente credora.

Esse tal de Phileas Fogg era rico? Inegavelmente. Contudo, nem os mais bem informados sabiam dizer de onde vinha essa fortuna e ninguém cogitava perguntar ao próprio senhor Fogg, pois era a pessoa menos comunicativa de que se tinha conhecimento.

Embora não tivesse nada a esconder, levava uma vida tão regrada e tão meticulosamente igual que as pessoas, achando essa existência impossível, eram levadas a procurar alguma coisa além das aparências.

Possivelmente já viajara bastante, uma vez que ninguém melhor do que ele conhecia o mapa-múndi. Sempre tinha uma opinião a dar sobre todos os lugares comentados no clube, opinião que mais cedo ou mais tarde mostrava ter fundamento.

No entanto, todos tinham certeza de que há muitos anos Phileas Fogg não saía de Londres. Ele nunca fora visto em outro lugar que não no caminho que fazia diariamente para ir ao clube. Sua única diversão era ler os jornais e jogar uíste. Evidentemente, jogava por jogar e não por causa do dinheiro. Para ele, o jogo era uma luta, um desafio, porém uma luta sem movimento e sem cansaço, o que combinava perfeitamente com sua personalidade.

Que se soubesse, Phileas Fogg não tinha mulher ou filhos, nem, o mais estranho, parentes ou amigos. Morava sozinho na casa em Saville Row, onde ninguém entrava. Um único empregado bastava para servi-lo. Almoçava e jantava no Reform Club em horas cronometricamente marcadas, na mesma sala, à mesma mesa, e só voltava para casa na hora de dormir, à meia-noite em ponto. Das vinte e quatro horas do dia, passava em casa apenas dez.

O almoço e o jantar do clube eram fartos; os empregados, elegantemente trajados de preto, lhe serviam as refeições em porcelana especial, sobre uma fina toalha, e o xerez, o porto ou o clarete, dos quais ele tanto gostava, em delicados copos de cristal, com gelo importado dos lagos da América.

Se viver assim era ser excêntrico, é preciso admitir que a excentricidade tinha lá suas vantagens.

A casa em Saville Row não era suntuosa, mas tinha todo o conforto possível. Os hábitos inalteráveis do locatário facilitavam o trabalho, e o serviço não era muito. Phileas Fogg, porém, exigia do único empregado grande exatidão e pontualidade. Naquele dia, 2 de outubro, havia despedido o criado, James Forster, porque a temperatura da água para fazer a barba estava a 28,8 graus e não a 30, como deveria ser.

Sentado na poltrona da sala, com as mãos apoiadas nos joelhos, o corpo ereto e a cabeça erguida, Phileas Fogg controlava os ponteiros do relógio de parede, enquanto aguardava o substituto de Forster. Quando soassem as onze e meia, de acordo com sua rotina, sairia de casa para ir ao Reform Club.

Nesse momento, alguém bateu à porta da sala.

James Forster, o empregado demitido, apareceu.

– O candidato ao emprego – disse ele.

Um rapaz de uns trinta anos entrou e o cumprimentou.

– Você é francês e se chama John? – perguntou Phileas Fogg.

– Meu nome é Jean, senhor – corrigiu polidamente o recém-chegado. – Jean Passepartout, apelido que me foi dado por causa da minha aptidão para fazer de tudo um pouco. Já exerci diversas profissões. Fui cantor de rua, montei cavalos num circo, fui trapezista e equilibrista. Depois me tornei professor de ginástica, e também trabalhei como bombeiro em Paris. Há seis anos deixei a França e, optando por uma vida familiar, tenho sido mordomo na Inglaterra. Como estou desempregado e sabendo que o senhor Fogg é o homem mais metódico e mais sedentário do Reino Unido, apresento-me como candidato ao cargo, esperando viver tranquilo e...

– Passepartout, você me convém – interrompeu o cavalheiro. – Tenho boas informações a seu respeito. Já está a par das minhas condições?

– Sim, senhor.

– Ótimo. Que horas são no seu relógio?

– Onze horas e vinte e dois minutos – respondeu Passepartout, tirando do fundo da algibeira um enorme relógio de prata.

– Está atrasado – disse o senhor Fogg.

– Perdoe-me, senhor, mas é impossível.

– Está atrasado quatro minutos. Não faz mal. Basta acrescentar a diferença. Então, a partir de agora, onze horas e vinte e seis minutos da manhã desta quarta-feira, 2 de outubro de 1872, você está contratado.

Em seguida, Phileas Fogg se levantou, pegou o chapéu, colocou-o na cabeça num movimento automático e saiu sem acrescentar mais nada.

Passepartout ouviu a porta da rua bater: era seu novo patrão que saía. A porta bateu mais uma vez: era seu antecessor, James Forster, que também saía.

O empregado ficou sozinho na casa de Saville Row.

II. QUANDO PASSEPARTOUT PENSA TER ENCONTRADO O EMPREGO IDEAL

Durante os poucos minutos de conversa, Passepartout havia examinado discretamente o novo patrão e concluíra que os bonecos do museu de cera pareciam ter mais vida do que Phileas Fogg. Devia ter uns quarenta anos; alto e magro, tinha cabelos e suíças louros, tez pálida, dentes magníficos e fronte sem uma ruga sequer. Aparentemente, era calmo, fleumático, um típico inglês de sangue-frio, muito comum no Reino Unido. De fato, Phileas Fogg era dessas pessoas matematicamente exatas, que economizam passos e movimentos. Jamais fazia um gesto supérfluo. Nunca se emocionava. Parecia ser o homem menos apressado do mundo, mas sempre chegava na hora marcada.

Quanto a Passepartout, era um rapaz íntegro, simpático, de lábios meio salientes, sempre prontos a degustar alguma coisa. Meigo e serviçal, tinha olhos azuis, ombros largos, músculos fortes e força hercúlea, desenvolvidos com exercícios na juventude. Os cabelos castanhos eram um pouco rebeldes, mas ele nem se preocupava com isso: passar o pente ali três vezes era mais que suficiente.

O temperamento expansivo de Passepartout combinaria com o de Phileas Fogg? Teria o empregado a exatidão inata pretendida pelo patrão?

Depois de uma juventude errante, Passepartout, um verdadeiro parisiense, queria sossego. Ouvindo falar sobre o caráter sistemático dos ingleses, resolvera tentar a sorte na Inglaterra. Contudo, até então, não conseguira criar raízes em lugar algum. Já havia trabalhado em dez casas e procurado, em vão, um patrão a quem se ligar.

O último, lorde Longsferry, membro do Parlamento, passava a noite em bares e, em geral, voltava para casa carregado por um policial. Passepartout, que desejava trabalhar para um homem a quem pudesse respeitar, arriscou algumas respeitosas observações, que foram mal recebidas, obrigando-o a pedir demissão. Foi então que ficou sabendo que Phileas Fogg procurava um empregado. Ao obter informações sobre o cavalheiro, soube que era uma pessoa de hábitos regulares, que não dormia fora de casa, nunca viajava, não se ausentava da cidade nem mesmo por um dia. Era esse o trabalho que procurava!

Sozinho na casa, Passepartout começou a inspeção e percorreu todas as dependências, do porão ao sótão. A casa limpa, organizada e austera lhe agradou. No segundo andar, encontrou o quarto que lhe era destinado, achando-o muito conveniente. O cômodo se comunicava com os aposentos do dono da casa por meio de uma campainha elétrica e de um tubo acústico. Na lareira, um relógio marcava a mesma hora do relógio do quarto de Phileas Fogg, e ambos batiam exatamente no mesmo segundo.

– Isto me convém, isto me convém – dizia a si mesmo Passepartout.

Ele notou um papel pregado em cima do relógio de seu quarto. Era o programa de trabalho diário. Das oito horas da manhã, quando Phileas Fogg se levantava, às onze e meia, quando saía de casa para almoçar no Reform Club, todo o seu serviço estava bem detalhado: o chá e as torradas às oito horas e vinte e três minutos, a água para fazer a barba às nove e trinta e sete etc. Das onze e meia da manhã à meia-noite, quando o patrão se deitava, tudo o mais estava anotado, previsto, regulamentado.

O armário do dono da casa era meticulosamente organizado. Cada calça, paletó e colete tinha um número, reproduzido num registro de entrada e saída, indicando a data em que, conforme a estação, as roupas deviam ser usadas. O mesmo ocorria com os sapatos.

Não havia biblioteca nem livros, inúteis para o senhor Fogg, uma vez que o Reform Club punha duas bibliotecas à disposição dos sócios, uma consagrada à literatura, outra ao direito e à política. Não havia nenhuma arma, nenhum instrumento

Avaliações de A volta ao mundo em 80 dias

[shanaqui_1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

I read the Project Gutenberg version of this, in the end: I don't know who translated it, but the translation was really quite nice. I enjoyed this book more than I expected to. For all that he bribes his way around the world, really, Phileas Fogg has some interesting adventures, including saving a lovely young woman and commandeering a ship. I thought the characters were all quite fun. There are stereotypes and so on, and it's very very biased toward all things English, seemingly, but knowing about that in advance, I could ignore it.

I loved the end a lot more than I expected to. I thought it was clever, and I enjoyed seeing a softer side of Phileas Fogg (one that I had, of course, been suspecting for a while).

[rebecca790 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

I read this book awhile ago so this review is not going to go into to much detail about what I liked and what I didn't like. However there is nothing about this book that I remember disliking.

I loved it. I stayed up all night reading it- it helped that I have never seen any of the movies or met anyone else that has read this book (OK I don't actually know if that is true I guess some of my teachers had probably read this book but I haven't spoken about this book with anyone else who read it.) and, because of that, I had no idea what was going to happen in the end or even during the book. I thought it was all very entertaining- it was one of the first classics I read without being told to.

When I finished it I said to myself, "Wow that was a good book." I love reading but that doesn't happen often for me (I can only think of two other books that have had that effect on me).

I recommend this book to everyone but especially people who like adventure stories or classics.

[elizajane_1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

I read this book for the first as a read-aloud to my son when he was about 12. We were rivetted, on the edge of our seats. Excitement and humour, a must read.

[dbsovereign · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Good book, fun (if long...) movie. Will he make it? It's how it is actually done that makes it a hoot.

[eadieb-1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

This travel novel has great adventure stories about the different cities visited. The characters are well-developed and lovable.The different places of the world were written about in a way that must have been experienced by the author. It was amusing to read how the author portrayed America and its people. The ending was quite surprising and a great conclusion to the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys traveling.

[sprainedbrain · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

A fast-paced adventure dripped with cliches and humor - I listened to the audio read by Jim Dale and it was a lovely way to spend an afternoon.

[borrows0n0wants · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

This was a very suspenseful, exciting book! This was the first Verne book I've ever read, and he is very good at keeping readers gnawing on their nails at the edge of their seats. The story has humor sprinkled throughout it that had me laughing out loud. I loved it; I know I say this about nearly everything I read, but this truly was a wonderful book!

[jerry.yoakum · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

Delightful book. Passepartout is the real hero; saving lives all over the globe.

[mbmackay · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

An old book that has dated well. It is a good tale, well told. of two Londoner's travel around the world to win a wager. While the errors in detail in some places helps us understand how hard fact checking was in a pre-Google world, there is enough got right to make the reading enjoyable. In particular, the twist in the plot based on the travellers maintaining London time for the whole journey leading to them miscounting the number of days away from London, is a little gem.

[bookwyrmm_1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

Interesting story from a historical perspective. Definitely not something that could be written today.

[iansales_1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

I have no idea if I’ve read this before – I don’t think so, but it’s hard to tell since I’ve seen versions of the films enough times over the decades to know the story. Except, well, they’re not the story. I don’t think any of the movies I’ve seen – I can think of two, off the top of my head, one starring David Niven and the other Steve Coogan – are at all faithful to the book. Yes, Phineas Fogg accepts a challenge to travel around the world in eighty days. Yes, he thinks he’s failed, only to discover that by travelling east he has gained a day. Yes, he has adventures along the way, and even rescues a young woman who becomes his wife at the end of the book. But in the novel, he meets her in India, when he rescues her from suttee. And I don’t recall a Scotland Yard detective on Fogg’s trail for much of his travels – he believes Fogg stole £50,000 shortly before leaving London. And the final section, in which a desperate Fogg, Passepartout, Fix and Aouda race across the USA to catch a ship to Liverpool… the big set-piece is driving a train over a damaged bridge at high speed so the bridge doesn’t collapse under it. Much of the prose is larded with geography lessons, and while Verne’s didactism is one of the more charming aspects of his novels, here it seems overdone. True, I’m coming at the book more than a century later, as a member of a society considerably better-informed about world geography, and a highly-educated member of that society with an interest in other countries… So much of the exposition was superfluous as far as I was concerned. Further, Fogg’s characterisation as unemotional and po-faced hardly made him a sympathetic protagonist. Perhaps Verne intended this so the reader would indeed think Fogg was the bank robber, but it only made him feel like he had zero depth. Unfortunately, I’m not convinced, from what I remember, that the film adaptations are especially superior. The book is, I suspect, the best version of the story. Which is a bit of a shame.

[jjmcgaffey · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

Finally read this - I think I read it before, many many years ago, but the only thing I remember was the end, not any of their travels. It's mildly interesting, but not much to it - actually, the most interesting part is that the "hero" is not the POV character. We get scenes from Passepartout, a few from Fix, a few from Aouda - but Phileas Fogg is seen only from the outside. The closest we come to knowing what's going on with him is a few scenes where the author "watches" him, recounting what he's doing, and speculating on what he's thinking and feeling - and we never get any idea why he'd make the bet in the first place. A very odd twist. But overall, it reads like the world's longest shaggy dog story - chapter after chapter after chapter just to say "and he didn't know he'd lost a day!" Of course, in reality, he would have noticed the day change as soon as the liner landed in America and he was taking a train. And given they missed the liner from the East Coast by less than a day...the whole last section with burning the ship may have been utterly unnecessary. It's an amusing story, I'm glad I've finally read it, and I see no need to ever read it again.

[themulhern · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Essentially light-hearted tale about a trip taken on a wager. The translation conveyed or possibly enhanced the humour.

[ecataldi-1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

Jim Dale (narrator of the Harry Potter series) really helped bring to life this classic adventure novel. Admittedly, I've never read the book or seen any of the movie adaptations, so I didn't know what to expect. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that there was no hot air balloon scene?! The most iconic book covers and images have always portrayed Phileas Fogg in a hot air balloon traveling around the world but, spoiler alert, that is not one of the methods used for transportation. While at his gentleman's club Fogg takes a bet that he can go round the world in 80 days. A precise, mathematical, and intelligent man, Fogg has no doubt that it can be done so he bets his life savings. Armed with only a small travel sack and his trusty French manservant, the two of them depart on the biggest adventure of their lives. Exotic adventures await them in China, India, Hong Kong, crossing the oceans, and America. Can Fogg really pull it off? And why is there a British man tailing him on this journey? A fun read for all ages. Admittedly, a little outdated in terms of racism and stereotypes of other religions and cultures, but it must be remembered that Jules Verne was viewing the world the British lens of imperialism at the time.

[fergus_cooper-1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

I really enjoyed this book. The prose has a lovely flow to it.

[eglinton_1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Well-paced, familiar adventure yarn, offering also a travelogue and 'ethnologue' of the world of as it was then - or as viewed through a mid-19th century lens. Phileas Fogg travels the world without relaxing his sangfroid, sidekick Passepartout stays agitated throughout. On the way, they rescue an Indian beauty from her widow's pyre, almost fight a duel, dodge arrest by a mistaken detective, etc. Remarkable that they get all the way to Shanghai before actually leaving British territory (except for France and Italy, which are in fact skipped over here; sorry, no balloon ride in the original). At some point, one tires of the formula, and the shallow writing, but the inventiveness remains a pleasure.

[brakketh-1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

The imperturbable Mr Fogg traverses the world in 80 days all while upholding the grandest tradition of English stiff-upper-lipedness. Not really sure why this is on the 1001 list.

[reallifereading · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

I always thought I knew the plot of this classic, but the more I read, the more I realised that I didn’t! I never knew about the policeman who was on Phileas Fogg’s case, for instance, nor of the young Indian woman they rescue from impending death. A fun adventure.

[terris-7 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Loved this classic! It was really fun!

[bagpuss-3 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

I’d been meaning to read this for some time and I’m glad I finally have because I really enjoyed it. Phileas Fogg is a gentleman of habit and a stickler for punctuation. He follows his routine to the letter until one day when he makes a bet in his club that he can travel around the world in 80 days – and so begins his epic adventure.

I really liked the character of Phileas Fogg. He is sometimes cool in his behaviour (and I don’t mean in terms of the modern definition of cool!) and doesn’t always show his emotions, but I think that is how someone of his class, and certainly at the time it was set, would have behaved. Despite his reserve, he clearly shows he does have feelings with his behaviour towards the people he meets along the way, particularly his rescue of Aouda and also the rescue from the Sioux of Passepartout, which put the chances of winning his bet in severe doubt.

Fogg himself is a stereotypical eccentric upper-class gent, who spends all day at his club. I also think that many of the characters and countries that Fogg visited along the way were quite stereotypical, although I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. Aouda’s characterisation might be considered slightly atypical in how one might think of an Indian woman in the late nineteenth century would behave, and I liked that aspect of the book.

I didn’t realise it was a children’s book until I looked on Wikipedia after reading it – it didn’t feel like one to me, but I guess that’s because of the time it was written, although it is an easy read. I enjoyed reading about the places and cultures he visited, and this is one of those books that makes me head to Wikipedia and look up various subjects encountered along the way – I love books that make me want to find out more!

[sushicat-1 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

An easy enjoyable read, marred somewhat by the prejudices that come through.

[michael_rose-1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

If your idea of this story is based on the Jackie Chan bullshit, I feel sorry for you. Even the original film depiction isn't wholly accurate, and misses some interesting parts. As Michael Palin proved, the journey (when limited to the modes of travel then available, and along the same course) is actually possible, if extremely difficult. There were times when I would root for Phileas Fogg and Passepartout, mostly in encounters with dicks like Detective/Inspector Fix. I never looked down upon Passepartout, and his encounter with Mormons was fucking hilarious. Phileas Fogg, however, is snobbish to the extreme, with jingoistic sense of ultra Britishness (though his rescue of Aouda wasn't of that sort, and actually quite brave). He was never a bad person, he just needed to get over himself — which, thanks to Aouda, he starts to do at the novel's end.

[darushawehm-1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

In what is a very odd case of cognitive dissonance, the plot of the Jackie Chan movie (which bears very little resemblance to the original here) actually makes more sense than the book. However, this is an entertaining travelogue with wacky characters and a crazy plot. Think of it as the "classics" version of a non-sensical thriller.

[marsap_1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

Around the World in 80 Days is Jules Verne’s classic adventure story. One evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg “impulsively” bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days. Breaking the very well-established routine of his daily life (one could say compulsive), the Fogg immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his servant Passepartout. Travelling by train, steamship, sailing boat, sledge and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard - who believes that Fogg has robbed the Bank of England - to win the wager. The story is simple and fun, though for the modern reader one may be surprised by the bias of the main character—particularly towards the natives of India. In addition I found that the main character for me was Passepartout—a wonderfully funny character—who in many ways really saves the day. But in the end we also see the growth of the character Fogg, who begins to see the importance of friendship and love above his usual concerns of reserve and punctuality. He is willing to lose his bet in order to personally help a friend, and he doesn’t care about defeat because he has won the hand of the woman he loves. I actually listened to the novel being read by Jim Dale (of Harry Potter fame)—which made this novel even more enjoyable. 4 ½ out of 5 stars.

[xleptodactylous · Nota: 2 de 5 estrelas]

At no point does Phileas Fogg or Passepartout get in an air balloon. Lies, all lies.

[reverendmoon-1 · Nota: 5 de 5 estrelas]

A super fun adventure. Following dutiful, straight-laces, prompt and no-nonsense Phileas Fogg around the world through exotic and strange places is almost too funny to bear. Amazing, quick, and to the hilarious point. Clever!

[swampygirl-1 · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

A very fun Victorian adventure - with all the baggage that entails. It's a cliché, but I do wish that I had read this earlier or during a more stressful part of my life. As it was, I didn't really engage with it very well. While it was certainly well executed, I'm still kind of surprised that this one made it on to the 1001. Mostly because when I think of Jules Verne I think of science fiction and this is one of his least scientific works. Of course Verne himself spends this entire book praising the English when he was French. So nothing is quite what you expect.

[csweder · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

Although I like the premise--going around the world. However, it felt more like Verne portraying England as amazing and everywhere else...not. This includes showing barbaric rituals and getting into fights as soon as he sets foot on US soil.

I think that might be the only thing I got out of this book: England rocks, English colonies, better than non English colonies but not as good as England itself...and America...really lame.

[steadfastreader · Nota: 3 de 5 estrelas]

It's Jules Verne. It's not fabulous - but it's not bad either. It was a fairly easy read. Nothing to rave about.

[kristelh_15 · Nota: 4 de 5 estrelas]

Nook
4 stars
A wager to make a trip around the world in just 80 days starting from London. The journey takes advantage of several types of transportation. The author describes the people and the land but also math, science and new discoveries and inventions. It was fun to read this book written in the late 1800s. A very good adventure story and even a love story.