I read Around The World In 80 Days back when I was in highschool, and though it was a bit boring sometimes it was classy as fuck. Right now I'm buying a gorgeous collection of Verne's books.
What does /lit/ think of this fine gentleman?
I only read half of 20000 whatever Under the Sea. One of the most boring books I've ever read. Felt like Linnaeus' Systema Naturae.
Maybe the fact that submarines are so trivial nowadays fucked my judgment.
He's prodigious. So prodigious I want to read him in the original French.
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Aren't all english translations utter crap?