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Roman Blood
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Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
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Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
Le tour du monde en 80 jours (French Edition)
This is a pretty simple tale of a man, the strong silent and I do mean silent type, who goes around the world by all means available in 80 days just because his honour and a wager demand it. Put like that the plot of Phileas Fogg tale of actions, perils and heroic deeds sounds silly and it is. This is mostly a travelogue from the eyes of Fogg's domestic Passepartout who is a much more interesting character than the leading character. Still, the story has some very annoying things in it (race issues, stereotypes : race, gender and religious) that I found took me out of the story more and more as the book progressed. 3 stars mostly because of the nostalgia.
