🌏 Imagine being an Englishman during the Industrial Revolution, and wealthy enough to decide on a sudden impulse to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, just to make a point to your friends at the gentleman club. As obnoxious as the initial plot may seem, it gave Jules Verne a formidable pretext to make our imagination travel to France, Italy, Egypt, India, China, Japan and the United States, all in one tiny book (still about 250 pages, though). Highly recommended book! in French obviously. Meanwhile, there are numerous film adaptations such as the classic 1956 version with David Niven (in US: https://amzn.to/3BHE6d4 - in UK: https://amzn.to/42QgNd8) or the 2004 version with Jackie Chan (in US: https://amzn.to/43eWZjz - in UK: https://amzn.to/437PHOn). (Subtitles are available in French and English by clicking on the CC button on the YouTube control bar). Join this week's conversation on https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com Related episodes: Voyage (https://youtu.be/WXBrNfaQUT4), Bougainville (https://youtu.be/qPKkvuu8NRk), le TGV (https://youtu.be/4wmXERGMURE), le Concorde (https://youtu.be/Gf1NsGvJ7_o) 🔗 (fr) Jules Verne et la science: https://www.histoire-et-civilisations.com/thematiques/epoque-contemporaine/jules-verne-fait-tout-un-roman-de-la-science-2742.php 📕 (fr) Lire le livre, US: https://amzn.to/3BE5s3J ou UK: https://amzn.to/459aHGp 📕 (en) Get the book in the US: https://amzn.to/41PWY4m or in the UK: https://amzn.to/3MjRF7F 🎵 Soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6i4JjGSsId4CCCVkJuwLHa?si=K0d8KhxkSqqAPq8_kw5XqQ ☝️ If you enjoyed this episode, please consider: - supporting on https://www.patreon.com/frenchconversationgroup or https://anchor.fm/frenchconversationgroup - subscribe and share 🇫🇷 French Conversation Group meets weekly in Los Angeles, New York or online. It's meant for non native speakers (beginners, intermediate, advanced) to practice their French and have fun. You're more than welcome to join! Check out this link for more info: https://www.frenchconversationgroup.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/frenchconversationgroup/support