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Beautiful illustration by Robert Ingpen. My son loves the book, it's his first Jules Verne (reading because he listened to an audiobook of "20000...")

Great book. The cover is really nice and came perfectly, the print and fond is also very enjoyable and it even comes with a string to mark the pages. Very satisfied

Around the World in 80 Days, the classic travel adventure story by Jules Verne, is just plain fun. The mysterious Phileas Fogg, so phlegmatic as to be eccentric, sets out to win a bet against fellow members of his club, who believe it is impossible to circle the globe in just 80 days. Accompanying him is his French valet Passpartout, who had only begun his employment that very day, and who was looking forward to a calm life of predictability. This tongue-in-cheek humor sets the tone for the entire story, which is filled with adventure, mishaps, and humorous irony. Fogg is beset by one obstacle after another, not the least of which is Inspector Fix, who doggedly follows Fogg believing he is the notorious criminal who robbed a London bank on the very day that Phileas Fogg set out on his adventure (all of which Fogg is totally unaware). Will Phileas Fogg be able to overcome it all in time to make it back to London by 8:45 pm on December 21, the precise time at which he must appear in his club in order to win his bet? Although the characters are little more than caricatures who always show the same mood, still they are fun characters. And the reader soon becomes so swept up in Verne's highly imaginative tale that it is easy to forgive him for the lack of character development. Verne's depiction of non-English cultures will strike the modern reader as stereotypic and bigoted; still, one must consider the prevailing opinions of the times in which Verne wrote, and remember that this is, above all, a fantastic adventure story meant to be purely entertaining. Jim Dale is a fabulous narrator, giving each character a distinct voice which lends even more color to this already colorful story. He does an excellent job with the couple of American characters, something which almost no British narrator is able to do. This is one I will listen to again, and I recommend it as enjoyable, lighthearted entertainment

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Quite adventurous! And the story is based on so much factual information that it’s actually far more fun and entertaining than I expected. I read this book last week trying to catch up with my classics unread pile. And I am genuinely surprised with how much this book entertained me. I just cannot get enough of this book! I am in love with this @puffinbooksuk edition living true to my Puffin classic edition obsession ✨ It’s the story of Phileas Fogg who wages his fortune for a challenge to travel the world in just eighty days! The story was set during the 1870s or before that when this book was written. We can imagine how the man could possibly carry out this challenge considering the limited means of transportation during that time. With his new valet, also a loyal to the core companion, Passepartout, he sets out to accomplish the set mission. 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! Reading this book made me feel like I was in a video game world in which I had to do my best to accomplish the mission to save my life! The characters are well etched, my favourite being Passepartout. His monologues are the best! The highlights for this book would be the different places in different countries including India (the first place they visited) and I was quite surprised with how much knowledge that little part provided based on real events. One example would be the discussion on Sati (women had to jumped into the burning pyre of their dead husbands sacrificing their lives). More such information based at different places are mentioned as well. An amazing read. You will go on reading until you find out if they really accomplished their mission or not! Pick up this book if you don’t know what to pick up next or if you have been a victim of average reads recently.