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Jules Verne Great excitement and awe greeted its publication in 1873, and today Around the World in Eighty Days remains Jules Verne's most successful novel. A daring wager by the eccentric and mysterious Englishman Phileas Fogg that he can circle the globe in just eighty days initiates this marvelous travelogue and exciting suspense story. Together with his manservant, Passepartout, Fogg makes a breathless world tour, overcoming wild misadventures and finding time to rescue a beautiful Indian maharani from a burning funeral pyre—all the while restlessly pursued by a bumbling detective called Mr. Fix. Realistically utilizing nearly every means of transportation known in the 1870s, Around the World in Eighty Days generated enchantment with scientific progress—and its delightful mixture of fantasy, comedy, and dazzling suspense has kept it a perennially superb entertainment.
On a wager with his chums at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg attempts the trip described in the title of this classic adventure novel. Burton does a fine job reading this skillful abridgment, changing voices effectively and pacing himself well. Classical music is used as an effective bridge between chapters. Superior liner notes include a chapter outline, a brief biographical sketch of Verne and a list of the music used in the program. 内容简介
Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly-employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club.
《八十天环游地球》是凡尔纳一部引人入胜的小说,笔调生动活泼,富有微妙的幽默感。小说叙述了英国人福克先生因和朋友打赌,而在八十天克服重重困难完成环游地球一周的壮举。书中不仅详细描写了福克先生一行在途中的种种离奇经历和他们所遇到的千难万险,而且还在情节的展开中使人物的性格逐渐立体化。沉着寡言、机智、勇敢、充满人道精神的福克,活泼好动易冲动的仆人等,都给人留下了深刻的印象。 作者简介
Jules Verne(8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.
Born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, Verne was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation is markedly different in Anglophone regions, where he has often been labeled a children's author or a writer of genre fiction, not least because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels are often reprinted.
Verne is the second most translated author in the world (following Agatha Christie), and his works appear in more translations per year than those of any other writer. Verne is one writer sometimes called "The Father of Science Fiction," as are H. G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback.
儒勒·凡尔纳(1828.2.8—1905.3.24),是19世纪法国著名作家,创作了大量优秀的文学作品,被誉为“现代科学幻想小说之父”。代表作有《海底两万里》、《八十天环游地球》、《气球上的五星期》等,其中《格兰特船长的儿女》、《海底两万里》和《神秘岛》被称为凡尔纳三部曲。近年来,随着对于其作品研究的不断深入以及原始手稿的发现,学界对于凡尔纳的认识也在趋于多样化。凡尔纳作为一位纯文学意义上的作家开始为一些学者所重视。 精彩书评
Grade 6 Up. To most modern kids, classics may be great, worthy, even exciting stories, but they were written in and for their own times and the context can sometimes be obscure. Using the visually irresistible printing techniques popularized by the "Eyewitness" series, these two books, when prominently displayed, will probably attract more impulse readers than some of the dustier editions. But do they accomplish their stated aim? Direct textual illustration is plentiful, lively, and useful. The reproductions of prints, photographs, and maps that pepper each page and are intended to enhance readers' grasp of the times, however, are a mixed success. There is a sameness to them and an arbitrary feel to their use. Pirate buffs will find Treasure Island's variety of ship drawings, details of sailing minutiae, and photographs of pieces of eight or guns and swords quite satisfying. Verne's work is less enhanced by its graphics. This episodic travelogue would be best served by lots of clear maps with the route well marked. But the few maps shown are so small that the legends are unreadable and country and city names are blurred. Limitations aside, the initial appeal of this fresh approach may serve to attract some new readers to these enduring stories that have managed without any help for this long.
——Sally Margolis, formerly at Deerfield Public Library, IL
《环游地球八十天》的文学背景与文化影响 儒勒·凡尔纳的《环游地球八十天》(Around the World in Eighty Days)自1873年首次出版以来,便迅速成为世界文学史上最著名的冒险小说之一。这部作品以其精确的地理知识、紧张的故事情节以及对维多利亚时代社会风貌的生动刻画,俘获了无数读者的心。然而,要真正理解这部小说的伟大之处,我们必须将其置于其所处的时代背景之中,并探讨它对后世文学、电影乃至全球旅行观念产生的深远影响。 一、 时代的回响:工业革命与全球化的黎明 《环游地球八十天》诞生于19世纪下半叶,这是一个技术飞速发展、世界日益紧密连接的“奇迹时代”。蒸汽动力的成熟、跨洋电报的铺设以及日益完善的铁路网络,使得“环游世界”不再仅仅是富人和探险家的梦想,而逐渐成为一种可量化的、有时间限制的挑战。 凡尔纳本人对科学和地理抱有近乎狂热的热情。他巧妙地利用了当时最新的交通工具——蒸汽船、火车,甚至是热气球(尽管在小说中并未实际使用),构建了一个充满可能性的世界图景。他笔下的主角菲利亚·福克,正是那个时代理性、精确、相信科学能够解决一切难题的完美化身。 小说开篇对福克严谨的作息习惯的描述,不仅奠定了全书冷静、有序的叙事基调,也是对当时英国中产阶级精英生活方式的一种诙谐反映。他们信奉效率,将时间视为最宝贵的资本。福克的赌约,不仅仅是金钱的得失,更是对他个人生活哲学——即人类智慧和现代技术可以征服时间和空间——的终极考验。 二、 跨文化的奇观与刻板印象的边界 凡尔纳的叙事手法具有鲜明的“百科全书式”特征。为了完成环球旅行的设定,他不得不带领读者穿梭于亚洲、欧洲、非洲和美洲的各个角落。印度、香港、日本、美国西部……这些异域风光以一种强烈的视觉冲击呈现在读者面前。 然而,必须承认,凡尔纳的视角带有明显的19世纪欧洲中心主义色彩。他笔下的异国情调往往服务于故事的戏剧性,而非深入的文化探索。例如,印度和中国的描绘,侧重于其外在的奇特习俗和宏伟的景观,而对于人物的内心世界着墨不多。对于现代读者而言,这些描写既是了解当时西方人眼中“他者”世界的珍贵史料,也提醒我们审视文学作品中存在的文化滤镜。 小说中对帕瑟帕蒂(Passepartout)这个法国仆人角色的塑造尤为有趣。帕瑟帕蒂代表着激情、冲动和对异域风情的享受,与福克的冷静形成了鲜明的对比。正是由于他的失误和随机的行动,才为这场精确的旅程增添了不可预测的变数,使其更具文学张力。 三、 悬念的艺术与叙事的高超技巧 《环游地球八十天》的结构堪称教科书级别的悬念设置。小说的大部分篇幅都在展现福克如何克服一个接一个的障碍:恶劣的天气、政治动荡、铁路的临时停运,以及最重要的——警方的误解。 苏格兰场的探长费克斯(Fix)是小说中塑造得最为成功的反派角色之一。他并非传统的恶人,而是一个被制度和偏见所困的执法者。费克斯坚信福克就是银行劫案的主谋,他的执着和不断的努力阻挠,制造了全书最核心的冲突。读者明知福克是无辜的,却又不得不为他捏一把汗,担心他会因为时间的流逝或错误的逮捕而错失良机。 凡尔纳对时间节点的精确把握是这部小说最引人入胜之处。每当船只抵达一个港口、每当火车启动,时间都被量化为精确的数字。这种对“精确性”的强调,将一场地理探险升华为一场与时间本身的竞赛。最后的关键转折——国际日期变更线的魔力——是凡尔纳文学想象力的巅峰体现,它巧妙地利用了地球自转的科学原理,使看似失败的结局瞬间逆转,提供了一次令人拍案叫绝的解脱感。 四、 跨越媒介的永恒魅力 这部小说在问世后不久,便被改编成戏剧和电影,其生命力远远超出了纸面。无论是早期的默片,还是后来的彩色大制作,故事的核心魅力从未减弱。这证明了其情节的普适性和人物设定的经典性。 在文学史上,它为后来的“硬科幻”或技术冒险小说奠定了基础。它证明了严谨的科学事实可以成为构建最激动人心故事的骨架。凡尔纳教会了后来的创作者如何将教育性与娱乐性完美结合。 总而言之,《环游地球八十天》不仅仅是一部关于旅行的书,它是一曲献给19世纪人类进步精神的赞歌,是对理性和冒险精神的赞颂。它邀请我们相信,只要有足够的勇气、精确的计算和一颗不屈的心,即便是最不可能完成的任务,也能在预定的时间内画上句号。这部作品的魅力在于,它将世界缩小到了一个可以被征服的范围,激发了无数读者对未知世界的向往与探索的渴望。