Around The World In Eighty Days - Jules Verne

Do you see anything wrong with this cover photo? I had the impression, from where I don't know, that Mr. Phileas Fogg traveled at least part of the way in a balloon. Maybe it's from one of Verne's other stories... But this here cover. As you can see the fellow is driving some sort of unreliable looking automobile. The problem is Mr. Fogg and his servant, the honorable Passerpartout, traveled mainly by rail, ship and elephant. Oh well... Don't judge this book by this cover!

This has been on my reading list for a while. I liked it but it wasn't as exciting as I supposed it would be. Mr. Fogg is entirely too staid and mechanical to do justice to his outlandish name. He only seems to wake up at the very end, in time to marry Aouda so that the story can end happily ever after. Ahh...but I'll not be too critical. I certainly wouldn't want to be in the situation of the Detective Fix. Following a man around the entire world to find he isn't the crook...

Around the World in Eighty Days @ The Online Literature Network