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Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
Given how much I didn't particularly enjoy [a:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas|15251910|Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] (which was likely entirely to do with the translation), I'm tickled by how fun I found Around the World. Furthermore, I actually listened to the audiobook. Shocking!
This book is funny. It's absurd in parts, with a Monty Python feel in sections, with Passepartout being the unwitting main character.
The swiftness of the story surprised me, as did how little Fogg has to do on the page. He just keeps moving one step in front of the other, with a stoicism I didn't expect. I wonder if this was Verne's opinion of the stiff upper lip Englishmen, or if he wanted the French servant to be lauded more?
This book is funny. It's absurd in parts, with a Monty Python feel in sections, with Passepartout being the unwitting main character.
The swiftness of the story surprised me, as did how little Fogg has to do on the page. He just keeps moving one step in front of the other, with a stoicism I didn't expect. I wonder if this was Verne's opinion of the stiff upper lip Englishmen, or if he wanted the French servant to be lauded more?