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Jules Verne, Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours
83 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 1993
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Timothy A. Unwin
13 books1 followerProfessor Tim Unwin is Emeritus Professor of French, and General Editor of French Studies. He is a former Ashley Watkins Chair of French Language and Literature. Prior to Bristol he taught at the universities of Exeter, Edinburgh, Queen's Belfast, Western Australia, and Liverpool where he was James Barrow Professor of French. He was founder President of the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes and is a former President of the Association of University Professors and Heads of French (AUPHF). He is on the editorial board of the Australian Journal of French Studies, the international advisory board of the Journal of European Studies, and the editorial committee of Essays in French Literature and Culture. He is also co-moderator of Francofil, an international electronic forum for French studies.
His research interests are in the nineteenth-century novel, and travel and technology in the nineteenth century. He has written books on Flaubert, Verne, Constant, and reflexivity, and has done scholarly editions of a number of nineteenth-century texts. He has also edited two volumes in the 'Cambridge Companion' series, and numerous collections of scholarly essays.
His research interests are in the nineteenth-century novel, and travel and technology in the nineteenth century. He has written books on Flaubert, Verne, Constant, and reflexivity, and has done scholarly editions of a number of nineteenth-century texts. He has also edited two volumes in the 'Cambridge Companion' series, and numerous collections of scholarly essays.
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August 19, 2013
I listened to this as a Librivox audiobook in French.
The reading, for the most part, was high in quality. (Several different narrators of varying capacity read the different chapters.)
The most interesting feature of the book was the character of Phileas Fogg himself. Phileas Fogg might be the perfect British hero as viewed by a Frenchmen. He expresses his heroism through perfect punctuality, and a manner completely devoid of any emotion. Everything he does is without haste or expression. And yet what he does is both morally impeccable and strategically impressive.
Other interesting bits were the portrayals of England, India and the US in the late 1800s. (San Francisco and Utah were some of the more interesting stops in the US.) It's definitely worth a read. I'm tempted to go back and try an English version.
The reading, for the most part, was high in quality. (Several different narrators of varying capacity read the different chapters.)
The most interesting feature of the book was the character of Phileas Fogg himself. Phileas Fogg might be the perfect British hero as viewed by a Frenchmen. He expresses his heroism through perfect punctuality, and a manner completely devoid of any emotion. Everything he does is without haste or expression. And yet what he does is both morally impeccable and strategically impressive.
Other interesting bits were the portrayals of England, India and the US in the late 1800s. (San Francisco and Utah were some of the more interesting stops in the US.) It's definitely worth a read. I'm tempted to go back and try an English version.
November 11, 2013
THis book is a really good book that talks about a adventure of a man and his servant that bet that they can go around the world in 80 days.
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