Meh. The voice of the audiobook as kind of terrible which detracted from the book. It was like a snobby British person from the 1800s...and it was hard to understand. There was less adventure than I expected and, is the case for many older books (Sherlock Holmes for example) is pretty racist. Anyone who isn't British is basically an idiot/savage...especially if they aren't white. Aouda may be the one exception (but of course she is in love with Fogg and it is pointed out on numerous occasions how well she speaks English and how she has been educated in the "British" way). Poor Passepartout, Fogg's newly hired French valet, seemed especially inept (which was odd since Verne is himself French and I'd think he'd be a little more clever)

****Spoiler Alert****
Phileas Fogg makes a bet with his mates that he can make it around the world in 80 days. He takes his valet with him. They are followed by Fix, a Scotland Yard detective who thinks he's a bank robber taking off with the money under the "traveling the world" guise. Of course they meet a number of obstacles along the way. In India they pick up Aouda who they save from being sacrificed (due to the death of her husband) and she accompanies them on the rest of the journey. They miss a ship because Fix gets Passepartout drunk. In the US their train is attacked by savages and Passepartout is taken hostage. Of course Fogg, ever the hero, saves him. They arrive 5 minutes late and Fogg gives up. The next day him and Aouda go to get married and realize they gained a day due to the international date line...and in fact were a day early. He wins the bet. Finds love. Blah, blah, blah.

Just OK. Worth a read if you're super into that kind of thing, but hard to stomach the ethnocentricism.

Excellent!

Calificación: 4.45/ 5

Cuando hablamos de "Clásicos" es muy probable que nos venga a la mente este título. Su contenido ya es ampliamente conocido: Phileas Fogg, caballero inglés que hace una apuesta de circunnavegar el globo terráqueo en exactamente 80 días, ni un segundo más.

Por una parte, debo admitir que me sorprendió que la versión de Disney tomó más datos del libro de lo que había pensado, claro, salvando la distancia que implica insertar en la película una trama de Jackie Chan y una estatuilla sagrada. Aunque el libro sí tiene sus sucesos interesantes y sobresaltos, no es una película de artes marciales.

Al igual que otros libros de Verne, más que en los personajes la obra se enfoca en la descripción del viaje, sus paisajes y la ruta que sigue; y por supuesto: ningún viaje sería interesante sin uno que otro sobresalto o cambio en el itinerario.

No hay tanta profundidad en los personajes. A excepción de Picaporte, el criado, los demás personajes no nos muestran más que una o dos facetas de su personalidad; no los llegamos a conocer a fondo, ni a ellos ni a su historia. En lo particular, más de una vez me dio ganas de darle una buena sacudida a Phileas Fogg.

Un buen libro que se puede disfrutar desde cualquier edad sin analizar mucho, solo disfrutar.

I mostly love this book for the sake of my old B. Dalton co-worker, who owns and has read more books than any person I've ever met. He's got an incredible library, probably 100,000 books. At least, last time I checked.

Anyway, I love Phileas Fogg and Fix and Passpartout and Aouda. They have lots of fun adventures in their 80 days. This would make a great movie, but one that stays true to the book instead of the weird iterations that go off on tangents.

Likes: Phileas is a wonderful character. His un-flapability is legend in our family. Each of his outrageous adventures around the world gives me a smile.

Dislikes: I did end up skimming some of sections that get into the details of distance and the route. Someone should put this route in google maps so I can just look at it. Also it was interesting to see how the author treated mormons, which is typical of the culture and feelings of the time it was written. And, interestingly, some of the ideas persist to this day. Passpartout felt sorry for the mormon men who married more than one mormon woman, because they were all pretty ugly and seemed pretty shrewish besides. That cracked me up! Except when I think how the women in that era really were raped and killed (and had their homes burned down, their men and children hurt or killed, their animals and other livelihood stolen) in Missouri and it's actually pretty sad that even in fantastic literature they can't get a break. Of course it doesn't do to put modern ideas on old classics, but I can't help but feel sorry for Aouda, doomed to be acted upon and never to act, and always the victim of her circumstances, but maybe someone can write a sequel where the fortune that Fogg leaves to her disposal gives her a modicum of independence and will to act.

A fun tale of a deal to travel around the world in eighty days. A bank robbery and all the things that can go wrong or right when traveling around the world. I thought it was especially funny and and adventurous at

Oh, the fantastical adventures of Phileas Fogg!
I'm glad to finally check this book off my list of classics. It was a very interesting and wild adventure, but more than anything made me want to get out and travel for myself!