Sunday, December 7, 2014

Around the World in 80 Days / Jules Verne / 205 pages / Dead Author Challenge

I missed reading this classic growing up and didn't even realize what I had missed.  Listening to this audio by Jim Dale, I took a trip around the world as navigated by the enigmatic, unflappable Phileas Fogg.  After making a bet with several club members that he could circumnavigate the world in just eighty days, he sets off to accomplish this seemingly impossible feat.  Accompanied by his French valet, PassPartout, he is relentlessly pursued by one Detective Fix, who is certain that Fogg is, in fact, a notorious bank robber.  I highly recommend this audio!  The sound effects, the reader's vocalizations, and, of course, the intrepid Phileas Fogg make it a remarkable listening/reading adventure.

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