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80 nap alatt a föld körül
by Jules Verne, Csatlós János
I immensely enjoy Verne's writing. I love steampunk anyhow, and he is the quintessential steampunk author for me (even if it is a non-fantastical book of his, like this one). The novel is about... well, a crazy travel in 80 days around the world at the end of the 19th century... I can't add anything to that (without spoiling something). Adventure, romance, Baedeker, steam technology... what else would a steampunk fan wish?
I could not give it 5 stars as there is quite a lot of (negative) colonialism in the novel (the supremacy of the white, Christian European male), however it is not that much that you cringe anytime while reading. Not that I want to be apologetic towards Mr. Verne, but really, it was the completely accepted and wide spread social tone of that age, and boy, he was a man of his age all right.
It was actually a re-read for me, and I used the Hungarian audiobook, with a fantastic Hungarian actor as a narrator.
I could not give it 5 stars as there is quite a lot of (negative) colonialism in the novel (the supremacy of the white, Christian European male), however it is not that much that you cringe anytime while reading. Not that I want to be apologetic towards Mr. Verne, but really, it was the completely accepted and wide spread social tone of that age, and boy, he was a man of his age all right.
It was actually a re-read for me, and I used the Hungarian audiobook, with a fantastic Hungarian actor as a narrator.