Around the World in Eighty Days: 5 Weeks in a Balloon (Wordsworth Classics)

5 Weeks in a Balloon is not as famous as Around the World in 80 Days but both of these Verne works are classics that are highly readable and enjoyable. I was glad to see both short novels in one book, and I highly enjoyed re-reading them both for the first time since I was a teenager. These are well-translated and read exceptionally well. Great stories anyone will love!

From the first page, this entertaining story will transport you back in time and take you along on a thrilling adventure full of descriptive details. A must-read for your reading list.

Classic

Great book. The Wodsworth Classic Edition is unabridged and includes notes and a commentary at the beginning.

Exelent book

My grandson likes this book he us almost finished.

Great introduction to Jules Verne!

Buyers of this Wordsworth Classics edition need to be aware that this is a much simplified and modernized version of the original 1873 English translation. I did not realize this until it was too late. I bought this book for my daughter since it was required summer reading for her Honors English class. It caused untold embarrassment to her during class and a less than stellar grade on her summer writing assignment.

Chegou com um leve amasso no meio da borda.

Ho comprato questo libro per fare pratica con l'inglese. È abbastanza semplice, c'è qualche parola che non conosco o non ricordo, ma è così in tutti i libri. Lo raccomando per un passatempo utile e interessante.

The most outstanding adventure science fiction novel everyone written in English language

I am currently in the process of reading the second story in the book, 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' - which is apparently Verne's first novel - after reading 'Around the World in Eighty Days', and so far have been blown away by how easy a novel from the 19th century has been to read, and particularly how enthralling. The character of Phileas Fogg never ceases to amaze with his calm etiquette and unshakeable nerve, whilst his manservant Passepartout adds a brilliant aspect of comedy to the race against time. Verne's description of the various locations around the world are also incredibly detailed, making me wonder whether he has actually been there himself or not. If not, then the man had a very accurate imagination as to what these places would look like! So far 'Five Weeks in a Balloon' has proven to be very good, with the typical Vernian adventurer of Dr. Samuel Fergusson, his Scottish friend Dick Kennedy and servant Joe going on a journey across Africa to discover the sources of the Nile in a magnificent balloon. Be warned however, that Verne's novels do contain a lot of scientific description in the earlier stages of the books particularly, something that means practically nothing to a non-scientific person like me, but is easy enough to just read through if you also don't understand. Other than that, I would say that 'Around the World in Eighty Days' is more colourful than 'Five Weeks in a Balloon', with more interesting characters, but overall they are both brilliant novels that I would highly recommend to someone who wants to start reading classic literature.

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