My rating: 4/5
This was such a fun read! I think I’ve become a bit prejudiced against Victorian male writers, but this was fast-paced and funny. Phileas Fogg is an eccentric English gentleman who sets off on this unlikely challenge of travelling the globe in eighty days, admittedly for no good reason. But as other characters are flummoxed by this, I think Verne gets away with it. Sure, I had to suspend my disbelief a lot, but I was glad to do so for the wit and characters Verne served up. Much more Wilde than Dickens!
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