Les œuvres de Jules Verne

[Darunia]

I know you're all familiar with his stories, but have you read any of them? They're just fantastic. 20,000 Leagues is my favorite book, and I just finished Around the World in 80 Days, and that was excellent too. I love the characters and the plots, and the very different 19th century politics and views on the world. For example, it's OK in the 1870's to depict barbarous Sioux attacking a train, and fending them off with muscle and firepower in truly adventurous spirit, killing a few of them in so doing... whereas, if written today, PC thugs (like half of the denizens of TC) would demand that the Sioux be depicted in a sympathetic light.

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