Around the World in 80 Days

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Around the World in Eighty Days". Guardian.com. 5 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016 . Retrieved 26 December 2016. Flightfox created a trip, "Around the World in 80 Hours", to see if flight experts could find cheap flights following the same path as described in the book. [36] The online travel company then wrote a fictional eBook based on the results of the contest. [37] Strong yikes. But the ending is kinda wholesome, and it is satisfying. And the writing is great - it's clear why this is a classic, and it's fairly easy to read considering most classics! In 2009, twelve celebrities performed a relay version of the journey for the BBC Children in Need charity appeal. The fabulously wealthy Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers his life's fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days.

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Travel Around the World in 80 days". Around the World Tours. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021 . Retrieved 8 January 2022. The writing is engagingly good and filled with playful words that display wisdom, information based on actual facts, wit and sarcasm. The perfect combination that kept me wanting for more! With his new valet, also a loyal to the core companion, Passepartout, he sets out to accomplish the set mission. The companions arrive at Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, take the train to Dublin and then a ferry to Liverpool, still in time to reach London before the deadline. Once on English soil, Fix arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up – the actual robber had been caught three days earlier in Edinburgh. Fogg has missed the train and arrives in London five minutes late, certain he has lost the wager.In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Jean Passepartout, attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. ln 1923, a silent serial based on the book was released. Titled Around the World in 18 days, the serial told the story of Fogg's descendant, Phileas Fogg III, and his attempt to recreate his grandfather's journey. While I anxiously awaited word last week from a loved one travelling around Russia for 8 days, I embarked on my own journey by perusing the very entertaining Around the World in 80 Days. It was the perfect distraction, but worthy of much more than being considered a diversion. Worlds of Fun, an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, was conceived using the novel as its theme. [38] a b c d e f g h William Butcher (translation and introduction). Around the World in Eighty Days, Oxford Worlds Classics, 1995, Introduction.

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Jules Verne is a favorite author from my childhood. I have been rereading some of his works and to be honest I've been left a little underwhelmed. Not so with around the world in 80 days! It's a 5-star read and most likely my favorite extraordinary voyages. Sutherland, John; Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature John (21 March 1999). Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192838841. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022 . Retrieved 10 October 2020– via Google Books. Laura Eason's celebrated adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel was seen at the New Vic Theatre, Stoke, and Manchester's Royal Exchange before receiving its London premiere at the St. James Theatre in 2015. I liked the character of Mr. Fogg. This man doesn’t worry about anything. I haven’t read such a calm character yet. I want to be like this but I can’t help it…😂 This was published in 1874, and at the time watching a short film that involved a moving vehicle was enough to strike fear into the hearts of war veterans. Getting your picture taken was a harrowing experience that involved a solid chance the camera would eat your soul.An amazing read. You will go on reading until you find out if they really accomplished their mission or not! In 1908, Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask. The journey was abandoned, incomplete, at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. [ citation needed]