儒勒·凡尔纳（Jules Verne，1828年2月8日－1905年3月24日），法国小说家、博物学家，现代科幻小说的重要开创者之一。他一生写了六十多部大大小小的科幻小说，总题为《在已知和未知的世界漫游》。他以其大量著作和突出贡献，被誉为“科幻小说之父”。由于凡尔纳知识非常丰富，他小说作品的著述、描写多有科学根据，所以当时他小说的幻想，如今成为了有趣的预言。
儒勒·凡尔纳是根据Jules Verne法语发音的中文译名，Jules Gabriel Verne的名字也曾被译为“萧鲁士”、“威男”、“焦土威奴”和“查理士·培伦”。
凡尔纳-生平
儒勒·加布里埃尔·凡尔纳（Jules Gabriel Verne）于1828年2月8日，生于法国南特。他的家族有航海传统，这一点深深地影响了他日后的写作。童年时期，他曾私自出走到一艘商船上，企图随船出海，但被发现送还父母，从此更被严看管；他为此向父母保证以后只“躺在床上在幻想中旅行”。
1847年，他被送到巴黎学习法律。但繁华的巴黎却激发了他对戏剧的狂热。1850年末，他的第一部剧作发表了。凡尔纳的父亲得知儿子无意继续攻读法律后大发雷霆，决定断绝经济援助。从此，年轻的凡尔纳不得不靠写作来赚钱，维持生计。
在巴黎图书馆花费了相当时间钻研地理、工程和航天等科学后，凡尔纳完成了他的第一部小说《气球上的五星期》（Cinq semaines en ballon，1863）。但他试图出版这本书的过程并不顺利——连续16家出版社拒绝了凡尔纳，屡战屡败的凡尔纳一气之下把书稿投入火中，但他的妻子把书稿抢救出来；幸运的是，第17家出版社终于同意出版本书。随后，他又很快开始写作后来成为早期科幻小说经典的作品：《地心游记》（Voyage au centre de la terre，1864）、《从地球到月球》（De la terre à la lune，1866）和《海底两万里》（20,000 lieues sous les mers，1873）
小说大获成功，成了畅销书，在欧洲大受欢迎。凡尔纳也成了一位富翁。1876年，他购置了一艘大游艇，开始环游欧洲。他的最后一部小说是1905年出版的《大海的入侵》（L'invasion de la mer）。
教皇利奥十三世1884年接见他时曾对他说“我并不是不知道您的作品的科学价值，但我最珍重的却是它们的纯洁、道德价值和精神力量。”
儒勒·凡尔纳于1905 年3月24日失去知觉，25日清晨8时去世。
凡尔纳-创作之路
1828 年2月8日，凡尔纳生于南特，1848年赴巴黎学习法律，写过短篇小说和剧本。
1863年起，他开始发表科学幻想冒险小说，以总名称为《在已知和未知的世界中奇异的漫游》一举成名。代表作为三部曲 《格兰特船长的儿女》《海底两万里》 《神秘岛》 。
凡尔纳总共创作了六十六部长篇小说或短篇小说集，还有几个剧本，一册《法国地理》和一部六卷本的《伟大的旅行家和伟大的旅行史》。主要作品还有《气球上的五星期》.《地心游记》.《机器岛》.《漂逝的半岛》.《八十天环游地球》等20多部长篇科幻历险小说。
凡尔纳-作品特点
主要作品出版于19世纪末，其科幻小说中的许多设想和描述在20世纪成为了现实，所以他的一些作品现在让人读起来感觉并不“天马行空”。其中最著名的莫过于在《海底两万里》中尼莫（Nemo，这个名字在拉丁文中有“无人”的意思）船长的巨型潜水艇“鹦鹉螺号”（Nautilus，过去有的中文版中曾按其发音译为“诺第留斯号”）。美国建造的世界第一艘核动力潜艇鹦鹉螺号（USS Nautilus SSN-571，1954年下水）虽然名承自一艘1803年时的美国海军多桅纵帆船（Schooner）与之后袭名的两艘传统动力潜艇，但由于核动力潜艇拥有如小说中虚构的鹦鹉螺号般超长的蓄航力，因此使用此命名多少带有影射小说中之鹦鹉螺号的双关意味。法国的无人驾驶机器人潜水艇也以此命名。此外，《从地球到月球》当中，哥伦比亚号飞船（或说是炮弹）的发射地点在美国佛罗里达州的坦帕，竟然与卡纳维拉尔角（肯尼迪航天中心所在地）几乎位于同一纬度线上，两地之间直线距离仅120英里，前者座落在佛罗里达半岛的西海岸，后者在东海岸。
凡尔纳-主要作品
凡尔纳的作品《八十日环游世界》 凡尔纳的作品《八十日环游世界》
三部曲
《格兰特船长的儿女》（1956年，中国青年出版社）。
《海底两万里》
《神秘岛》（1958年，中国青年出版社）。
探月两部曲
《从地球到月球》，又名《月界旅行》。
《环绕月球》
探险
《八十日环游世界》
《气球上的五星期》
《征服者罗比尔》
《太阳系历险记》
《地心游记》，又名《地底旅行》。
《两年假期(十五少年漂流记)》
民族独立和革命
《桑道夫伯爵》
《烽火岛》
《多瑙河领航员》
其他
《漂逝的半岛》
《十五岁的船长》
《机器岛》
《隐身新娘》
《昂梯菲尔奇遇记》
《印度贵妇的五亿法郎》
自20世纪以来，凡尔纳的多部作品曾不止一次地被搬上过大屏幕，比如《格兰特船长的儿女》（1936年，由前苏联拍摄），《海底两万里》（1954年电影，1997年电视重拍），《地心游记》（1959年），《环游世界八十天》（2004年）。改编自凡尔纳的《地心游记》已于2008年重新以立体电脑特技搬上屏幕，该片名为《地心冒险》，由《神鬼传奇》男角布兰登·费雪主演，于8月14日上映 。
凡尔纳-遗作
凡尔纳死后，其遗著经整理出版的计有：
1905年：《世界尽头的灯塔》（教育社）
1908年：《金火山》（教育社，此书前十四章系儒勒·凡尔纳所写，后四章系其子米歇尔补写。）
1907年：《汤姆生公司分行》（据P．贡多罗·德拉·李娃考证，此书大纲情节系儒勒·凡尔纳拟就，由其子写成。）
1908年：《流星追逐记》（此书前十七章为儒勒·凡尔纳所写，后四章系其子米歇尔续成。）《多瑙河的领航员》
1909年：《柔纳当的海上遇难者》
1910年：《威廉·斯托里茨的秘密》（小说结局曾加润色）《永恒的亚当》《昨天和明天》（中短篇小说集，其中包括《拉东一家人《升半咪音先生和降半音咪小姐》、《让·摩荣娜的命运》、《洪堡》、《在二十世纪》、《2889年一个美国新闻记者的一天》、《永恒的亚当》。）
1914年：《巴沙克长老会的惊人奇遇》
凡尔纳-鲁迅的中文译本
鲁迅先生曾在辛亥革命之前就根据当时在日本已被译成日语的译作（其先由法语译成英语再译日语），翻译了Jules Gabriel Verne的两部著名作品：
《月界旅行》（1903年10月，进化社）
《地底旅行》（1906年3月，启新书局）
儒勒·凡尔纳是根据Jules Verne法语发音的中文译名，Jules Gabriel Verne的名字也曾被译为“萧鲁士”、“威男”、“焦土威奴”和“查理士·培伦”。
凡尔纳-生平
儒勒·加布里埃尔·凡尔纳（Jules Gabriel Verne）于1828年2月8日，生于法国南特。他的家族有航海传统，这一点深深地影响了他日后的写作。童年时期，他曾私自出走到一艘商船上，企图随船出海，但被发现送还父母，从此更被严看管；他为此向父母保证以后只“躺在床上在幻想中旅行”。
1847年，他被送到巴黎学习法律。但繁华的巴黎却激发了他对戏剧的狂热。1850年末，他的第一部剧作发表了。凡尔纳的父亲得知儿子无意继续攻读法律后大发雷霆，决定断绝经济援助。从此，年轻的凡尔纳不得不靠写作来赚钱，维持生计。
在巴黎图书馆花费了相当时间钻研地理、工程和航天等科学后，凡尔纳完成了他的第一部小说《气球上的五星期》（Cinq semaines en ballon，1863）。但他试图出版这本书的过程并不顺利——连续16家出版社拒绝了凡尔纳，屡战屡败的凡尔纳一气之下把书稿投入火中，但他的妻子把书稿抢救出来；幸运的是，第17家出版社终于同意出版本书。随后，他又很快开始写作后来成为早期科幻小说经典的作品：《地心游记》（Voyage au centre de la terre，1864）、《从地球到月球》（De la terre à la lune，1866）和《海底两万里》（20,000 lieues sous les mers，1873）
小说大获成功，成了畅销书，在欧洲大受欢迎。凡尔纳也成了一位富翁。1876年，他购置了一艘大游艇，开始环游欧洲。他的最后一部小说是1905年出版的《大海的入侵》（L'invasion de la mer）。
教皇利奥十三世1884年接见他时曾对他说“我并不是不知道您的作品的科学价值，但我最珍重的却是它们的纯洁、道德价值和精神力量。”
儒勒·凡尔纳于1905 年3月24日失去知觉，25日清晨8时去世。
凡尔纳-创作之路
1828 年2月8日，凡尔纳生于南特，1848年赴巴黎学习法律，写过短篇小说和剧本。
1863年起，他开始发表科学幻想冒险小说，以总名称为《在已知和未知的世界中奇异的漫游》一举成名。代表作为三部曲 《格兰特船长的儿女》《海底两万里》 《神秘岛》 。
凡尔纳总共创作了六十六部长篇小说或短篇小说集，还有几个剧本，一册《法国地理》和一部六卷本的《伟大的旅行家和伟大的旅行史》。主要作品还有《气球上的五星期》.《地心游记》.《机器岛》.《漂逝的半岛》.《八十天环游地球》等20多部长篇科幻历险小说。
凡尔纳-作品特点
主要作品出版于19世纪末，其科幻小说中的许多设想和描述在20世纪成为了现实，所以他的一些作品现在让人读起来感觉并不“天马行空”。其中最著名的莫过于在《海底两万里》中尼莫（Nemo，这个名字在拉丁文中有“无人”的意思）船长的巨型潜水艇“鹦鹉螺号”（Nautilus，过去有的中文版中曾按其发音译为“诺第留斯号”）。美国建造的世界第一艘核动力潜艇鹦鹉螺号（USS Nautilus SSN-571，1954年下水）虽然名承自一艘1803年时的美国海军多桅纵帆船（Schooner）与之后袭名的两艘传统动力潜艇，但由于核动力潜艇拥有如小说中虚构的鹦鹉螺号般超长的蓄航力，因此使用此命名多少带有影射小说中之鹦鹉螺号的双关意味。法国的无人驾驶机器人潜水艇也以此命名。此外，《从地球到月球》当中，哥伦比亚号飞船（或说是炮弹）的发射地点在美国佛罗里达州的坦帕，竟然与卡纳维拉尔角（肯尼迪航天中心所在地）几乎位于同一纬度线上，两地之间直线距离仅120英里，前者座落在佛罗里达半岛的西海岸，后者在东海岸。
凡尔纳-主要作品
凡尔纳的作品《八十日环游世界》 凡尔纳的作品《八十日环游世界》
三部曲
《格兰特船长的儿女》（1956年，中国青年出版社）。
《海底两万里》
《神秘岛》（1958年，中国青年出版社）。
探月两部曲
《从地球到月球》，又名《月界旅行》。
《环绕月球》
探险
《八十日环游世界》
《气球上的五星期》
《征服者罗比尔》
《太阳系历险记》
《地心游记》，又名《地底旅行》。
《两年假期(十五少年漂流记)》
民族独立和革命
《桑道夫伯爵》
《烽火岛》
《多瑙河领航员》
其他
《漂逝的半岛》
《十五岁的船长》
《机器岛》
《隐身新娘》
《昂梯菲尔奇遇记》
《印度贵妇的五亿法郎》
自20世纪以来，凡尔纳的多部作品曾不止一次地被搬上过大屏幕，比如《格兰特船长的儿女》（1936年，由前苏联拍摄），《海底两万里》（1954年电影，1997年电视重拍），《地心游记》（1959年），《环游世界八十天》（2004年）。改编自凡尔纳的《地心游记》已于2008年重新以立体电脑特技搬上屏幕，该片名为《地心冒险》，由《神鬼传奇》男角布兰登·费雪主演，于8月14日上映 。
凡尔纳-遗作
凡尔纳死后，其遗著经整理出版的计有：
1905年：《世界尽头的灯塔》（教育社）
1908年：《金火山》（教育社，此书前十四章系儒勒·凡尔纳所写，后四章系其子米歇尔补写。）
1907年：《汤姆生公司分行》（据P．贡多罗·德拉·李娃考证，此书大纲情节系儒勒·凡尔纳拟就，由其子写成。）
1908年：《流星追逐记》（此书前十七章为儒勒·凡尔纳所写，后四章系其子米歇尔续成。）《多瑙河的领航员》
1909年：《柔纳当的海上遇难者》
1910年：《威廉·斯托里茨的秘密》（小说结局曾加润色）《永恒的亚当》《昨天和明天》（中短篇小说集，其中包括《拉东一家人《升半咪音先生和降半音咪小姐》、《让·摩荣娜的命运》、《洪堡》、《在二十世纪》、《2889年一个美国新闻记者的一天》、《永恒的亚当》。）
1914年：《巴沙克长老会的惊人奇遇》
凡尔纳-鲁迅的中文译本
鲁迅先生曾在辛亥革命之前就根据当时在日本已被译成日语的译作（其先由法语译成英语再译日语），翻译了Jules Gabriel Verne的两部著名作品：
《月界旅行》（1903年10月，进化社）
《地底旅行》（1906年3月，启新书局）
5 月 18 日清晨，古老的敦考克教堂的神甫 5 点钟就起床了，像往常一样，为几个虔诚的教徒举行小弥撒。
他身穿教袍，就要走向圣坛的时刻，一个人兴冲冲而又略带不安地来到圣器保存室。这是个 60 岁左右的老水手，但仍然身强力壮、精力充沛，脸上的表情憨厚而开朗。
他身穿教袍，就要走向圣坛的时刻，一个人兴冲冲而又略带不安地来到圣器保存室。这是个 60 岁左右的老水手，但仍然身强力壮、精力充沛，脸上的表情憨厚而开朗。
如果我在这个故事中说到我自己，那是因为这个故事令人震惊的事件本身与我本人息息相关，这些事件在二十世纪所发生的事件中毫无疑问也是非同寻常，甚至可以说无与伦比的。有时候，我甚至自问这些事是否真正发生过，倘若这些栩栩如生的事不仅仅只是我的想像而确实是深藏在我记忆中的真实事件，作为华盛顿联邦署的督察长官，我常常怀有去调查一切，而且把那些不可思议的事非弄个水落石出不可的愿望。因此，我自然对这些奇异怪事极有兴致。从我年青时候起，我就受雇于政府，处理过各式各样重要的事务，也接受过一些秘密使命，因此，我的上司将这桩奇事交给我负责也是情理中的事，正因为如此，我发现我自己不得不为这些难以理解的怪事而绞尽脑汁。
在阅读这些前所未闻的记叙时，至关重要的是，读者诸君务必相信我的话。因为，其中的若干事实，都是我亲眼所见的。倘若你不愿相信我的话，也未尝不可，因为连我本人也未必相信其真实性。
Plot outline
A series of unexplained happenings occur across the eastern United States, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. The first-person narrator John Strock, 'Head inspector in the federal police department' in Washington, DC, travels to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to investigate and discovers that all the phenomena are being caused by Robur, (a brilliant inventor who had previously appeared in Verne's Robur the Conqueror).
Robur had perfected a new invention, which he has dubbed the Terror. This is a ten-meter long vehicle, that is alternately speedboat, submarine, automobile, or aircraft. It can travel at the (then) unheard of speed of 150 miles per hour on land and at over 200 mph when flying.
Strock attempts to capture the Terror but instead is captured himself. The strange craft eludes its pursuers and heads to the Caribbean where Robur deliberately heads into a thunderstorm. The Terror is struck by lightning and falls into the ocean. Strock is rescued from the vehicle's wreckage but Robur's body is never found. The reader is left to judge whether he has actually died or not.
Literary significance & criticism
Master of the World contains a number of ideas current to Verne's time which are now widely known to be errors. A vehicle travelling at 200 mph is not invisible to the naked eye, nor does high speed reduce its weight.
Allusions/references
The novel's events take place in the summer of 1903, as characters refer to events of the Mount Pelée eruption on Martinique in 1902. Verne took a few liberties with American geography in the novel. The location in the book in the mountains of North Carolina is the city of Morganton, however, the specific mountain in the novel, called the Great Aerie, in name resembles Mount Airy, which is also in North Carolina, but not in the region near Morganton. Additionally, another portion of the novel takes place in a large deep natural lake in Kansas, whereas no such lake exists within that state.
Adaptations
* 1961 - Master of the World starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson. In the script, Richard Matheson combined elements of this book (mainly the character, Strock) with more of the novel's predecessor, Robur the Conqueror (notably the Albatross rather than the Terror), and more sophisticated thematic elements of his own. An article in Filmfax magazine on American International Pictures included a photo of a model of the Terror for an unmade film called Stratofin, which was to be produced as the sequel to Master of the World.
* There is a more faithful version of this novel, with the same title as the 1961 film, that aired as a half-hour cartoon TV special in the late 1970s.
* Robur is a character in the 1995 novel The Bloody Red Baron as the chief airship engineer of the Central Powers. The chapter in which he and his airship flagship appear is titled "Master of the World".
* The Terror appears in the game Pirates of the Mysterious Islands.
在阅读这些前所未闻的记叙时，至关重要的是，读者诸君务必相信我的话。因为，其中的若干事实，都是我亲眼所见的。倘若你不愿相信我的话，也未尝不可，因为连我本人也未必相信其真实性。
Plot outline
A series of unexplained happenings occur across the eastern United States, caused by objects moving with such great speed that they are nearly invisible. The first-person narrator John Strock, 'Head inspector in the federal police department' in Washington, DC, travels to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to investigate and discovers that all the phenomena are being caused by Robur, (a brilliant inventor who had previously appeared in Verne's Robur the Conqueror).
Robur had perfected a new invention, which he has dubbed the Terror. This is a ten-meter long vehicle, that is alternately speedboat, submarine, automobile, or aircraft. It can travel at the (then) unheard of speed of 150 miles per hour on land and at over 200 mph when flying.
Strock attempts to capture the Terror but instead is captured himself. The strange craft eludes its pursuers and heads to the Caribbean where Robur deliberately heads into a thunderstorm. The Terror is struck by lightning and falls into the ocean. Strock is rescued from the vehicle's wreckage but Robur's body is never found. The reader is left to judge whether he has actually died or not.
Literary significance & criticism
Master of the World contains a number of ideas current to Verne's time which are now widely known to be errors. A vehicle travelling at 200 mph is not invisible to the naked eye, nor does high speed reduce its weight.
Allusions/references
The novel's events take place in the summer of 1903, as characters refer to events of the Mount Pelée eruption on Martinique in 1902. Verne took a few liberties with American geography in the novel. The location in the book in the mountains of North Carolina is the city of Morganton, however, the specific mountain in the novel, called the Great Aerie, in name resembles Mount Airy, which is also in North Carolina, but not in the region near Morganton. Additionally, another portion of the novel takes place in a large deep natural lake in Kansas, whereas no such lake exists within that state.
Adaptations
* 1961 - Master of the World starring Vincent Price and Charles Bronson. In the script, Richard Matheson combined elements of this book (mainly the character, Strock) with more of the novel's predecessor, Robur the Conqueror (notably the Albatross rather than the Terror), and more sophisticated thematic elements of his own. An article in Filmfax magazine on American International Pictures included a photo of a model of the Terror for an unmade film called Stratofin, which was to be produced as the sequel to Master of the World.
* There is a more faithful version of this novel, with the same title as the 1961 film, that aired as a half-hour cartoon TV special in the late 1970s.
* Robur is a character in the 1995 novel The Bloody Red Baron as the chief airship engineer of the Central Powers. The chapter in which he and his airship flagship appear is titled "Master of the World".
* The Terror appears in the game Pirates of the Mysterious Islands.
Two Year's Holiday，中文译名为《两年假期》，这是一部充满传奇与冒险的著作，它由法国著名作家、“现代科幻小说之父”儒勒·凡尔纳编著。
故事讲述的是，在一年的学习结束时，来自新西兰某寄宿学校的一群学生将要开始一次为期几天的航海旅行。然而，当孩子们半夜惊醒时发现，他们的船已经漂流在浩瀚的海面上，原来在出发前夜游船的缆绳断裂了。海面风浪大作，而船上既没有船长，也没有水手，危险、恐惧、绝望和孤独笼罩着整个游船。船随海浪漂流停靠在一座荒无人烟的小岛上，虽然身处艰难境地，但孩子们还是凭着热情、理性和勇气，最终摆脱了困境回到自己的家人身边。故事情节跌宕起伏，而一路有关自然风光的介绍也同样引人入胜。
该书至今已被译成世界上多种文字。书中所展现的神奇故事伴随了～代又一代人的美丽童年、少年直至成年。无论作为语言学习的课本，还是作为通俗的文学和科学读本，本书对当代中国的青少年都将产生积极的影响。为了使读者能够了解英文故事概况，进而提高阅读速度和阅读水平，在每章的开始部分增加了中文导读。
Publication
As with most of Verne's works, it was serialised (in twenty-four parts between January and December 1888) in the "Extraordinary Journeys" section of the French Magasin d’Éducation et de Récréation by Parisian publisher Hetzel. It was also published in book form in two volumes in June and early November of that year. An illustrated double volume with a colour map and a preface by Verne was released in late November.
Translations and adaptations
An English translation of the book was serialised in 36 installments in the Boy's Own Paper between 1888 and 1889.
In 1889 a two-volume English-language book titled A Two Year's Vacation was published by Munro in the United States. Later the same year, a single-volume abridged edition in the United Kingdom was released by Sampson Low under the title of Adrift in the Pacific.
In 1890, from February 22 through March 14, the Boston Daily Globe newspaper serialized Adrift in the Pacific; the Strange Adventures of a Schoolboy Crew.
In 1965 the I. O. Evens version of the Sampson Low translation was published in England (ARCO) and the U.S. (Associated Publishers) in two volumes: Adrift in the Pacific and Second Year Ashore.
In 1967 a new modified and abridged translation by Olga Marx with illustrations by Victor Ambrus titled A Long Vacation was published by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom and Holt, Rinehart & Winston in the United States.
In 1967 Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman made a loose adaptation under the title The Stolen Airship / Ukradená vzducholod.
In 1987 a made-for-TV animation was produced by the Japanese studio Nippon Animation under the title of The Story of Fifteen Boys (Japanese: 十五少年漂流記).
Plot summary
The story starts with a group of schoolboys aged between eight and thirteen on board a schooner moored at Auckland, New Zealand, and preparing to set off on a six-week vacation. With the exception of the oldest boy Gordon, an American, and Briant and Jacques, two French brothers, all the boys are British.
While the schooner's crew are ashore, the moorings are cast off under unknown circumstances and the ship drifts to sea, where it is caught by a storm. Twenty-two days later, the boys find themselves cast upon the shore of an uncharted island, which they name "Chairman Island." They remain there for the next two years until a passing ship lands. The ship has been taken over by mutineers, intent on trafficking weapons, alcohol and drugs. With the aid of the two surviving members of the original crew, the boys are able to defeat the criminals and make their escape.
The struggles for survival and dominance amongst the boys were to be echoed in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, written some 66 years later.
故事讲述的是，在一年的学习结束时，来自新西兰某寄宿学校的一群学生将要开始一次为期几天的航海旅行。然而，当孩子们半夜惊醒时发现，他们的船已经漂流在浩瀚的海面上，原来在出发前夜游船的缆绳断裂了。海面风浪大作，而船上既没有船长，也没有水手，危险、恐惧、绝望和孤独笼罩着整个游船。船随海浪漂流停靠在一座荒无人烟的小岛上，虽然身处艰难境地，但孩子们还是凭着热情、理性和勇气，最终摆脱了困境回到自己的家人身边。故事情节跌宕起伏，而一路有关自然风光的介绍也同样引人入胜。
该书至今已被译成世界上多种文字。书中所展现的神奇故事伴随了～代又一代人的美丽童年、少年直至成年。无论作为语言学习的课本，还是作为通俗的文学和科学读本，本书对当代中国的青少年都将产生积极的影响。为了使读者能够了解英文故事概况，进而提高阅读速度和阅读水平，在每章的开始部分增加了中文导读。
Publication
As with most of Verne's works, it was serialised (in twenty-four parts between January and December 1888) in the "Extraordinary Journeys" section of the French Magasin d’Éducation et de Récréation by Parisian publisher Hetzel. It was also published in book form in two volumes in June and early November of that year. An illustrated double volume with a colour map and a preface by Verne was released in late November.
Translations and adaptations
An English translation of the book was serialised in 36 installments in the Boy's Own Paper between 1888 and 1889.
In 1889 a two-volume English-language book titled A Two Year's Vacation was published by Munro in the United States. Later the same year, a single-volume abridged edition in the United Kingdom was released by Sampson Low under the title of Adrift in the Pacific.
In 1890, from February 22 through March 14, the Boston Daily Globe newspaper serialized Adrift in the Pacific; the Strange Adventures of a Schoolboy Crew.
In 1965 the I. O. Evens version of the Sampson Low translation was published in England (ARCO) and the U.S. (Associated Publishers) in two volumes: Adrift in the Pacific and Second Year Ashore.
In 1967 a new modified and abridged translation by Olga Marx with illustrations by Victor Ambrus titled A Long Vacation was published by Oxford University Press in the United Kingdom and Holt, Rinehart & Winston in the United States.
In 1967 Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman made a loose adaptation under the title The Stolen Airship / Ukradená vzducholod.
In 1987 a made-for-TV animation was produced by the Japanese studio Nippon Animation under the title of The Story of Fifteen Boys (Japanese: 十五少年漂流記).
Plot summary
The story starts with a group of schoolboys aged between eight and thirteen on board a schooner moored at Auckland, New Zealand, and preparing to set off on a six-week vacation. With the exception of the oldest boy Gordon, an American, and Briant and Jacques, two French brothers, all the boys are British.
While the schooner's crew are ashore, the moorings are cast off under unknown circumstances and the ship drifts to sea, where it is caught by a storm. Twenty-two days later, the boys find themselves cast upon the shore of an uncharted island, which they name "Chairman Island." They remain there for the next two years until a passing ship lands. The ship has been taken over by mutineers, intent on trafficking weapons, alcohol and drugs. With the aid of the two surviving members of the original crew, the boys are able to defeat the criminals and make their escape.
The struggles for survival and dominance amongst the boys were to be echoed in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, written some 66 years later.
《从地球到月球》的故事情节比较简单。美国南北战争结束后，巴尔的摩城大炮俱乐部（这是大炮发明家的俱乐部）主席巴比康提议向月球发射一颗炮弹，建立地球与月球之间的联系。法国冒险家米歇尔·阿尔当获悉这一消息后建议造一颗空心炮弹，他准备乘这颗炮弹到月球去探险。巴比康、米歇尔·阿尔当和尼却尔船长克服了种种困难，终于在18**年12月1日乘这颗炮弹出发了。但是他们没有到达目的地，炮弹并没有在月球上着陆，却在离月球2800英里的地方绕月运行。然而，其中的科幻构思至今令人称道。
此书不靠文学色彩，没有打斗情节，完全凭借“幻想装置”打动我们。例如，那著名的“炮弹车厢” ——弹壳飞船。
从地球到月球-炮弹
这个炮弹的外部是直径九英尺，高十二英尺。为了不超过规定的重量，他们把弹壁做得稍微薄一些，同时却把炮弹底做得特别厚，因为它要承受低氮硝化纤维素燃烧时产生的气体的全部压力，其实，炸弹和锥形圆柱体的馏弹也是这样，底部比较厚。
这个金属塔的出人口是在圆惟形部分上开的一个小洞，跟蒸气锅炉上的那些洞口一样大小。洞门是铝板做的，关上洞门，再拧紧结实的翼形螺钉，小洞就严丝合缝地给堵起来了。这样，旅客们一到达黑夜的天体，就可以自由地走出他们的活动监狱。
但是，单单到那儿去是不够的，路上也应该看看呀。没有比这更容易的了。原来在皮垫子下面有四个舷窗，舷窗上装着非常厚的凸透镜，两个在炮弹周围，第三个在弹底，第四个在尖顶，所以旅客们一路上可以同时观察已经离开了的地球、越来越近的月亮和挂满了繁星的天空。不过舷窗外面嵌着结实的金属护窗板，免得受到出发时的撞击，只消拧下里面的螺丝帽就很容易地把金属板扔抑了。这样炮弹里的空气就不会漏出去，而旅客们也可以进行观察了。
现在飞船上的返回舱，和凡尔纳在19世纪所设想的十分相似！应用至少经过充分研究的科学背景，是凡尔纳有别于早期作家的基本要素。凡尔纳的特殊贡献，就在于他喜欢作准确的科学叙述，而这样的叙述在玛丽·雪莱或爱伦·坡和纳撒尼尔·霍桑的作品中是缺少的。凡尔纳的小说情节不一定十分有趣，但他的科学想象却总是引人入胜的。不讲究文学色彩、完全靠科学叙述取胜的科幻小说家，在凡尔纳之后，有一位是俄国的科学家齐奥尔科夫斯基，他在预言人类征服太空方面大胆构思，以燃料为动力的火箭成为宇航的工具，比凡尔纳的用哥伦比亚大炮发射弹壳飞船有了进一步的可行性。
其次，凡尔纳向19世纪的读者展示了一个“科学奇迹”成为现实的理想世界，而20世纪，他的一些科学幻想真的成了现实。例如，阿波罗登月。《科幻世界》对此进行了比较
凡尔纳月球炮弹与阿波罗登月对照表
项目 凡尔纳 阿波罗登月
宇航员人数 3 3
航速 36000英尺/秒 35533英尺/秒
航时 97小时13分20秒 103小时30分
降落地点 两者仅相差十几公里
发射点 同为佛罗里达卡纳维拉尔角
——引自《科幻世界》1998年第10期
凡尔纳说过：“在我的传奇故事中，我必定要把我的所谓发明建立在现实基础上，而且在应用它们时，必定让它们的结构安排和使用的材料不完全脱离同时代的工程技术和知识领域。”因此，他的小说虽然是虚构的，但是对科学细节的描写却让人相信。读者喜爱的正是他笔下亦真亦幻的发明创造所带来的奇迹，启发真正科学研究正是他笔下亦真亦幻的发明创造所带来的奇迹。
还有，其科幻构思中不仅包含科技奇迹而且包含经济奇迹和社会奇迹，他通过形象思维向我们讲述了“科学是生产力”，这已经在无形中涉及了社会科学领域。
The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the total lack of any data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are surprisingly close to reality. However, his scenario turned out to be impractical for safe manned space travel since a much longer muzzle would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers.
The real-life Apollo program bears similarities to the story:
* Verne's cannon was called Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module (Apollo CSM) was named Columbia.
* The spacecraft crew consisted of three persons in each case.
* The physical dimensions of the projectile are very close to the dimensions of the Apollo CSM.
* Verne's voyage blasted off from Florida, as did all Apollo missions. (Verne correctly states in the book that objects launch into space most easily if they are launched towards the zenith of a particular location, and that the zenith would better line up with the moon's orbit from near the Earth's equator. In the book Florida and Texas compete for the launch, with Florida winning.)
* The names of the crew, Ardan, Barbicane, and Nicholl, are vaguely similar to Bill Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell, the crew of Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to travel to the moon, although it didn't actually land.
* The cost of the program in the book is almost similar to the total cost of the Apollo program until Apollo 8.
The character of "Michel Ardan" in the novel was inspired by Félix Nadar.
Plot
It's been some time since the end of the American Civil War. The Gun Club, a society based in Baltimore and dedicated to the design of weapons of all kinds (especially cannons), meets when Impey Barbicane, its president, calls them to support his idea: according to his calculations, a cannon can shoot a projectile so that it reaches the moon. After receiving the whole support of his companions, a few of them meet to decide the place from where the projectile will be shot, the dimensions and makings of both the cannon and the projectile, and which kind of powder are they to use.
An old enemy of Barbicane, a Captain Nicholl of Philadelphia, designer of plate armor, declares that the enterprise is absurd and makes a series of bets with Barbicane, each of them of increasing amount over the impossibility of such feat.
The first obstacle, the money, and over which Nicholl has bet 1000 dollars, is raised from most countries in America and Europe, in which the mission reaches variable success (while the USA gives 4 million dollars, England doesn't give a farthing, being envious of the United States in matters of science), but in the end nearly five and a half million dollars are raised, which ensures the financial feasibility of the project.
After deciding the place for the launch (Stone's Hill in "Tampa Town", Florida; predating Kennedy Space Center's placement in Florida by almost 100 years; Verne gives the exact position as 27°7' northern latitude and 5°7' western longitude, of course relative to the meridian of Washington that is 27°7′0″N 82°9′0″W / 27.116667°N 82.15°W / 27.116667; -82.15 ), the Gun Club travels there and starts the construction of the Columbiad cannon, which requires the excavation of a 900-foot-deep (270 m) and 60-foot-wide (18 m) circular hole, which is made in the nick of time, but a surprise awaits Barbicane: Michel Ardan, a French adventurer, plans to travel aboard the projectile.
During a meeting between Ardan, the Gun Club and the inhabitants of Florida, Nicholl appears and challenges Barbicane to a duel, which is successfully stopped when Ardan, warned by J. T. Maston, secretary of the Gun Club, meets the rivals in the forest they have agreed to duel in. Meanwhile, Barbicane finds the solution to the problem of surviving the incredible acceleration that the explosion would cause. Ardan suggests Barbicane and Nicholl to travel with him in the projectile, and the offer is accepted.
In the end, the projectile is successfully launched, but the destinies of the three astronauts are left inconclusive. The sequel, Around the Moon, deals with what happens to the three men in their travel from the Earth to the Moon.
Technical feasibility of a space cannon
In his 1903 publication on space travel, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky refuted Verne's idea of using a cannon for space travel. He concluded that a gun would have to be impossibly long. The gun in the story would subject the payload to about 22000 g of acceleration (see formula).
Gerald Bull and the Project HARP proved after 1961 that a cannon can shoot a 180 kg (400 lb) projectile up to 180 kilometres (110 mi) of height and reach 32 percent of the needed escape velocity.[citation needed] Additionally, during the Plumbbob nuclear test series, a 900 kg (2,000 lb) capping plate made of steel was blasted away. Myths say that it entered outer space because it did reach a speed of between two and six times the escape velocity, but engineers[who?] believe it melted in the atmosphere.
Influence on popular culture
The novel was adapted as the opera Le voyage dans la lune in 1875, with music by Jacques Offenbach.
In H. G. Wells' 1901 The First Men in the Moon (also relating to the first voyagers to the Moon) the protagonist, Mr. Bedford, mentions Verne's novel to his companion, Professor Cavor, who replies (in a possible dig at Verne) that he does not know what Bedford is referring to.
The novel (along with Wells' The First Men in the Moon) inspired the first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, made in 1902 by Georges Méliès. In 1958, another film adaptation of this story was released, titled From the Earth to the Moon. It was one of the last films made under the RKO Pictures banner. The story also became the basis for the very loose adaptation Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967), a caper-style British comedy starring Burl Ives and Terry-Thomas.
The novel and its sequel were the inspiration for the computer game Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne.
Among its other homages to classic science fiction, an issue of Planetary involved the Planetary group finding that the Gun Club had been successful in launching the projectile, but that a miscalculation led to a slowly decaying orbit over the decades with the astronauts long dead from lack of air and food.
Barbicane appears in Kevin J. Anderson's novel Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius as an Ottoman official whose chief rival, Robur, designs a number of innovative weapons to counteract him, including an attempt to launch a three-man mission to the Moon.
During their return journey from the moon, the crew of Apollo 11 made reference to Jules Verne's book during a TV broadcast on July 23 . The mission's commander, astronaut Neil Armstrong, said, "A hundred years ago, Jules Verne wrote a book about a voyage to the Moon. His spaceship, Columbia [sic], took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to the Moon. It seems appropriate to us to share with you some of the reflections of the crew as the modern-day Columbia completes its rendezvous with the planet Earth and the same Pacific Ocean tomorrow."
Disneyland Paris
The first incarnation of the roller coaster Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris, named Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune, was based loosely on this novel, the ambience being that of the book being noted throughout the ride with its rivet and boiler plate effect. The ride includes the "Columbiad", which recoils with a bang and produces smoke as each car passes, giving riders the perception of being shot into space.
The attraction was built after the opening of Euro Disneyland and opened in 1995. The attraction's exterior was designed using a Verene era retro-futuristic influence, in keeping with the rest of Discoveryland.
During 2005, the ride was refurbished and renamed Space Mountain: Mission 2 as part of the Happiest Celebration on Earth. The ride no longer features any of the original storyline based on the novel, with the exception of the name of the cannon (Columbiad) and "Baltimore Gun Club" signs.
In 1995 the BBC made a documentary about the creation of Space Mountain, called "Shoot For The Moon". The 44-minute programme followed Tim Delaney and his team in bringing the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne to life. The programme shows the development of the attraction, from conception over construction up to testing and fine-tuning the final attraction, including its soundtrack. The documentary, originally broadcast on BBC2 in the UK, was also aired on other channels in many countries.
Space Mountain is also located next to the walk-through attraction "Les Mystères du Nautilus" based on Walt Disney's adaptation of Jules Verne's other famous literary work Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
此书不靠文学色彩，没有打斗情节，完全凭借“幻想装置”打动我们。例如，那著名的“炮弹车厢” ——弹壳飞船。
从地球到月球-炮弹
这个炮弹的外部是直径九英尺，高十二英尺。为了不超过规定的重量，他们把弹壁做得稍微薄一些，同时却把炮弹底做得特别厚，因为它要承受低氮硝化纤维素燃烧时产生的气体的全部压力，其实，炸弹和锥形圆柱体的馏弹也是这样，底部比较厚。
这个金属塔的出人口是在圆惟形部分上开的一个小洞，跟蒸气锅炉上的那些洞口一样大小。洞门是铝板做的，关上洞门，再拧紧结实的翼形螺钉，小洞就严丝合缝地给堵起来了。这样，旅客们一到达黑夜的天体，就可以自由地走出他们的活动监狱。
但是，单单到那儿去是不够的，路上也应该看看呀。没有比这更容易的了。原来在皮垫子下面有四个舷窗，舷窗上装着非常厚的凸透镜，两个在炮弹周围，第三个在弹底，第四个在尖顶，所以旅客们一路上可以同时观察已经离开了的地球、越来越近的月亮和挂满了繁星的天空。不过舷窗外面嵌着结实的金属护窗板，免得受到出发时的撞击，只消拧下里面的螺丝帽就很容易地把金属板扔抑了。这样炮弹里的空气就不会漏出去，而旅客们也可以进行观察了。
现在飞船上的返回舱，和凡尔纳在19世纪所设想的十分相似！应用至少经过充分研究的科学背景，是凡尔纳有别于早期作家的基本要素。凡尔纳的特殊贡献，就在于他喜欢作准确的科学叙述，而这样的叙述在玛丽·雪莱或爱伦·坡和纳撒尼尔·霍桑的作品中是缺少的。凡尔纳的小说情节不一定十分有趣，但他的科学想象却总是引人入胜的。不讲究文学色彩、完全靠科学叙述取胜的科幻小说家，在凡尔纳之后，有一位是俄国的科学家齐奥尔科夫斯基，他在预言人类征服太空方面大胆构思，以燃料为动力的火箭成为宇航的工具，比凡尔纳的用哥伦比亚大炮发射弹壳飞船有了进一步的可行性。
其次，凡尔纳向19世纪的读者展示了一个“科学奇迹”成为现实的理想世界，而20世纪，他的一些科学幻想真的成了现实。例如，阿波罗登月。《科幻世界》对此进行了比较
凡尔纳月球炮弹与阿波罗登月对照表
项目 凡尔纳 阿波罗登月
宇航员人数 3 3
航速 36000英尺/秒 35533英尺/秒
航时 97小时13分20秒 103小时30分
降落地点 两者仅相差十几公里
发射点 同为佛罗里达卡纳维拉尔角
——引自《科幻世界》1998年第10期
凡尔纳说过：“在我的传奇故事中，我必定要把我的所谓发明建立在现实基础上，而且在应用它们时，必定让它们的结构安排和使用的材料不完全脱离同时代的工程技术和知识领域。”因此，他的小说虽然是虚构的，但是对科学细节的描写却让人相信。读者喜爱的正是他笔下亦真亦幻的发明创造所带来的奇迹，启发真正科学研究正是他笔下亦真亦幻的发明创造所带来的奇迹。
还有，其科幻构思中不仅包含科技奇迹而且包含经济奇迹和社会奇迹，他通过形象思维向我们讲述了“科学是生产力”，这已经在无形中涉及了社会科学领域。
The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the total lack of any data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are surprisingly close to reality. However, his scenario turned out to be impractical for safe manned space travel since a much longer muzzle would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers.
The real-life Apollo program bears similarities to the story:
* Verne's cannon was called Columbiad; the Apollo 11 command module (Apollo CSM) was named Columbia.
* The spacecraft crew consisted of three persons in each case.
* The physical dimensions of the projectile are very close to the dimensions of the Apollo CSM.
* Verne's voyage blasted off from Florida, as did all Apollo missions. (Verne correctly states in the book that objects launch into space most easily if they are launched towards the zenith of a particular location, and that the zenith would better line up with the moon's orbit from near the Earth's equator. In the book Florida and Texas compete for the launch, with Florida winning.)
* The names of the crew, Ardan, Barbicane, and Nicholl, are vaguely similar to Bill Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell, the crew of Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to travel to the moon, although it didn't actually land.
* The cost of the program in the book is almost similar to the total cost of the Apollo program until Apollo 8.
The character of "Michel Ardan" in the novel was inspired by Félix Nadar.
Plot
It's been some time since the end of the American Civil War. The Gun Club, a society based in Baltimore and dedicated to the design of weapons of all kinds (especially cannons), meets when Impey Barbicane, its president, calls them to support his idea: according to his calculations, a cannon can shoot a projectile so that it reaches the moon. After receiving the whole support of his companions, a few of them meet to decide the place from where the projectile will be shot, the dimensions and makings of both the cannon and the projectile, and which kind of powder are they to use.
An old enemy of Barbicane, a Captain Nicholl of Philadelphia, designer of plate armor, declares that the enterprise is absurd and makes a series of bets with Barbicane, each of them of increasing amount over the impossibility of such feat.
The first obstacle, the money, and over which Nicholl has bet 1000 dollars, is raised from most countries in America and Europe, in which the mission reaches variable success (while the USA gives 4 million dollars, England doesn't give a farthing, being envious of the United States in matters of science), but in the end nearly five and a half million dollars are raised, which ensures the financial feasibility of the project.
After deciding the place for the launch (Stone's Hill in "Tampa Town", Florida; predating Kennedy Space Center's placement in Florida by almost 100 years; Verne gives the exact position as 27°7' northern latitude and 5°7' western longitude, of course relative to the meridian of Washington that is 27°7′0″N 82°9′0″W / 27.116667°N 82.15°W / 27.116667; -82.15 ), the Gun Club travels there and starts the construction of the Columbiad cannon, which requires the excavation of a 900-foot-deep (270 m) and 60-foot-wide (18 m) circular hole, which is made in the nick of time, but a surprise awaits Barbicane: Michel Ardan, a French adventurer, plans to travel aboard the projectile.
During a meeting between Ardan, the Gun Club and the inhabitants of Florida, Nicholl appears and challenges Barbicane to a duel, which is successfully stopped when Ardan, warned by J. T. Maston, secretary of the Gun Club, meets the rivals in the forest they have agreed to duel in. Meanwhile, Barbicane finds the solution to the problem of surviving the incredible acceleration that the explosion would cause. Ardan suggests Barbicane and Nicholl to travel with him in the projectile, and the offer is accepted.
In the end, the projectile is successfully launched, but the destinies of the three astronauts are left inconclusive. The sequel, Around the Moon, deals with what happens to the three men in their travel from the Earth to the Moon.
Technical feasibility of a space cannon
In his 1903 publication on space travel, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky refuted Verne's idea of using a cannon for space travel. He concluded that a gun would have to be impossibly long. The gun in the story would subject the payload to about 22000 g of acceleration (see formula).
Gerald Bull and the Project HARP proved after 1961 that a cannon can shoot a 180 kg (400 lb) projectile up to 180 kilometres (110 mi) of height and reach 32 percent of the needed escape velocity.[citation needed] Additionally, during the Plumbbob nuclear test series, a 900 kg (2,000 lb) capping plate made of steel was blasted away. Myths say that it entered outer space because it did reach a speed of between two and six times the escape velocity, but engineers[who?] believe it melted in the atmosphere.
Influence on popular culture
The novel was adapted as the opera Le voyage dans la lune in 1875, with music by Jacques Offenbach.
In H. G. Wells' 1901 The First Men in the Moon (also relating to the first voyagers to the Moon) the protagonist, Mr. Bedford, mentions Verne's novel to his companion, Professor Cavor, who replies (in a possible dig at Verne) that he does not know what Bedford is referring to.
The novel (along with Wells' The First Men in the Moon) inspired the first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, made in 1902 by Georges Méliès. In 1958, another film adaptation of this story was released, titled From the Earth to the Moon. It was one of the last films made under the RKO Pictures banner. The story also became the basis for the very loose adaptation Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967), a caper-style British comedy starring Burl Ives and Terry-Thomas.
The novel and its sequel were the inspiration for the computer game Voyage: Inspired by Jules Verne.
Among its other homages to classic science fiction, an issue of Planetary involved the Planetary group finding that the Gun Club had been successful in launching the projectile, but that a miscalculation led to a slowly decaying orbit over the decades with the astronauts long dead from lack of air and food.
Barbicane appears in Kevin J. Anderson's novel Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius as an Ottoman official whose chief rival, Robur, designs a number of innovative weapons to counteract him, including an attempt to launch a three-man mission to the Moon.
During their return journey from the moon, the crew of Apollo 11 made reference to Jules Verne's book during a TV broadcast on July 23 . The mission's commander, astronaut Neil Armstrong, said, "A hundred years ago, Jules Verne wrote a book about a voyage to the Moon. His spaceship, Columbia [sic], took off from Florida and landed in the Pacific Ocean after completing a trip to the Moon. It seems appropriate to us to share with you some of the reflections of the crew as the modern-day Columbia completes its rendezvous with the planet Earth and the same Pacific Ocean tomorrow."
Disneyland Paris
The first incarnation of the roller coaster Space Mountain in Disneyland Paris, named Space Mountain: De la Terre à la Lune, was based loosely on this novel, the ambience being that of the book being noted throughout the ride with its rivet and boiler plate effect. The ride includes the "Columbiad", which recoils with a bang and produces smoke as each car passes, giving riders the perception of being shot into space.
The attraction was built after the opening of Euro Disneyland and opened in 1995. The attraction's exterior was designed using a Verene era retro-futuristic influence, in keeping with the rest of Discoveryland.
During 2005, the ride was refurbished and renamed Space Mountain: Mission 2 as part of the Happiest Celebration on Earth. The ride no longer features any of the original storyline based on the novel, with the exception of the name of the cannon (Columbiad) and "Baltimore Gun Club" signs.
In 1995 the BBC made a documentary about the creation of Space Mountain, called "Shoot For The Moon". The 44-minute programme followed Tim Delaney and his team in bringing the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne to life. The programme shows the development of the attraction, from conception over construction up to testing and fine-tuning the final attraction, including its soundtrack. The documentary, originally broadcast on BBC2 in the UK, was also aired on other channels in many countries.
Space Mountain is also located next to the walk-through attraction "Les Mystères du Nautilus" based on Walt Disney's adaptation of Jules Verne's other famous literary work Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
日内瓦城位于同名的日内瓦湖西畔，城中有罗讷河流过，将它分隔成两部分；而该河又在中央被一座小岛一分为二。
这小岛宛若一艘荷兰大游轮停泊在河中央。在现代建筑还没出现之前，这里是一片奇形怪状的屋群，层层叠叠，你这我挡，很煞风景。小岛太小了，事实上，一些房屋被挤到水滨，任凭风吹浪打。房子的横梁，因为成年累月地遭到河水的侵蚀，已经发黑，看上去活像巨蟹的爪子。窄窄的河道，如蜘蛛网般在这片古老的土地上延伸，河水在黑暗中颤动着，仿佛原始橡树林中簌簌抖动的叶子。罗讷河则隐藏在这一片屋群组成的森林之后，吐着白沫，无限痛苦地着。
这小岛宛若一艘荷兰大游轮停泊在河中央。在现代建筑还没出现之前，这里是一片奇形怪状的屋群，层层叠叠，你这我挡，很煞风景。小岛太小了，事实上，一些房屋被挤到水滨，任凭风吹浪打。房子的横梁，因为成年累月地遭到河水的侵蚀，已经发黑，看上去活像巨蟹的爪子。窄窄的河道，如蜘蛛网般在这片古老的土地上延伸，河水在黑暗中颤动着，仿佛原始橡树林中簌簌抖动的叶子。罗讷河则隐藏在这一片屋群组成的森林之后，吐着白沫，无限痛苦地着。
《八十天环游地球》是凡尔纳一部引入入胜的小说，笔调生动活泼，富有幽默感。小说叙述了英国人福格先生因和朋友打赌，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格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。沉默寡言、机智、勇敢、充满人道精神的福格，活泼好动易冲动的仆人等等。作品发表后，引起了轰动，多次再版。
《八十天环游地球》-作品内容
在还没有飞机的19世纪70年代，当人们还以马车、雪橇、轮船、火车……作为代步工具的时候，要想在短短的八十天之内环球一周，怎能不让人惊叹和佩服。完成此举的这个人，就是费雷亚斯•福格。
这件事就发生在1872年的伦敦。由于英国国家银行的一次失窃，福格和改良俱乐部的会友以两万英镑作为赌注，打赌可以在八十天里环游地球一周。为了证实这一推算的准确性，福格带着刚刚雇用的，绰号叫万事通的仆人立刻启程从伦敦出发，开始了这次不可思议的环球旅行。福格设想的旅行路线是这样的：乘火车先到苏伊士运河，在这里乘船到印度，然后坐火车横穿印度，来到中国的香港，再乘船到日本，接着到美国，坐火车穿过美国后，最后再回到伦敦。在此期间，他必须分秒不差地从一个地方赶到另一个地方，只有始终准确无误才能保证按时回来。
这位性格冷僻、精确准时的绅士在旅途中遇到的事情：遭人跟踪、置身荒村无路可走、舍身救人、与恶僧对簿公堂、遭暗算误了轮船、遇风浪海上搏击、与仆人失散、勇斗劫匪、救仆人身赴险境、燃料告急海上经受考验、疑为窃贼海关被囚……几乎所有的意外和困难都被福格不幸遇到了，就算他临危不惧，冷静守时，他也无法预料旅途上所发生的所有的事情。更何况，还有一位名叫菲克斯的侦探始终跟在他身边不停地设置障碍，虎视眈眈一心想把他捉拿归案，其原因是他与警方描述的疑犯的外貌特征惊人地相似。然而，所有的困难都没有难倒福格，他总能在危难关头找到问题的解决办法，一次次神奇地化险为夷、摆脱困境：买大象穿越密林赶火车、英雄救美赢得美人心、花重金取保候审摆脱官司、高价雇航船渡海赴日本。机缘巧合与仆人重聚、英勇御敌战劫匪、坐雪橇穿越冰原、烧轮船解燃眉之急、消除误会重获自由……这是一位怎样的绅士呀！他的镇定自若、慷慨大方、勇敢机智和善良细心给每一个人都留下了深刻的印象；正是他身上的这些异乎寻常的优秀品质使他每次均能逢凶化吉、转危为安，最后胜利完成旅行；那个侦探则是一个意外卷入这次旅行中的特殊人物，他固执多疑、急功近利、精于算计，但却忠于职守，出于职责和贪心，他一路跟踪福格，被迫也进行了一次环球旅行。他想方设法处处给福格制造麻烦，阻止他顺利完成计划，但他的计谋却一次次落空；而那个叫万事通的法国小伙子则为这次旅行增添了不少笑料；他诚实勇敢、身怀绝技、正直善良，但却容易上当受骗，他既为主人化解了不少危机也为主人制造了不少麻烦，他的加入使这次旅行变得趣味横生；还有一位人物虽然话语不多，但却有着举足轻重的地位，她就是福格舍身搭救的阿妩达夫人，也是后来的福格夫人。她光彩照人、温柔高雅、善解人意，一直在福格身边从精神上支持他、鼓励他坚持到胜利。有了她的陪伴，这次环球之旅也变得浪漫多情和温情脉脉了。故事的结局当然是如人所愿：福格赢得了这次打赌，并且找到了他一生的伴侣。
《八十天环游地球》-作者简介
《八十天环游地球》儒勒•凡尔纳
儒勒•凡尔纳（Verne•Jules1828-1905），法国最著名的科幻小说作家。出生于海港城市，自幼迷上航海，曾离家出走当水手，又被父亲找回，送到巴黎学习法律。他毕业后不愿做法官，却去剧院做了秘书，开始撰写剧本。凡尔纳热衷于各种科学新发现，也创作科幻小说打下扎实基础。1863年，出版《气球上的五个星期》，获得成功。此后40余年间笔耕不缀，几乎每年都有一两部新作问世，题材广泛。他的科学幻想小说的总名是《在已知和未知的世界中奇异的漫游》，简称《奇异的漫游》。
主要作品：《八十天环游地球》、《底两万里》、《格兰特船长的儿女》、《环绕月球》、《神秘岛》、《世界主宰者》、《米歇尔•斯特罗哥夫》、《气球上的五星期》、《空中历险记》、《墨西哥的“幽灵”》、《佐奇瑞大师》、《牛博士》、《一个在冰雪中度过的冬天》、《征服者罗比尔》、《两年假期》、《从地球到月球》、《八十天环绕地球》、《奥兰情游》、《升D先生和降E小姐》、《隐身新娘》、《昂梯菲尔奇遇记》、《大海入侵》、《烽火岛》、《太阳系历险记》、《巴尔萨克考察队的惊险遭遇》、《哈特拉斯船长历险记》、《大木筏》、《喀尔巴阡古堡》、《金火山》、《鲁滨逊叔叔》、《多瑙河领航员》、《鲁滨逊学校》、《马丁•帕兹》《旅行基金》、《漂逝的半岛》、《桑道夫伯爵》、《黑印度》、《南非洲历险记》、《突破封锁》、《沙皇的邮件》、《印度贵妇的五亿法郎》、《小把戏》。
《八十天环游地球》-作品主题
《八十天环游地球》的叙事技巧并不复杂，福格的这次旅行其实是和侦探菲克斯的被动旅行同时平行展开的两条叙事线，这两条线既平行发展又交错交汇，交叉点就是故事的冲突点，也是故事的出彩之处。而万事通和阿妩达都是福格旅行这条线上的两个小分支，他们的故事为全文增色不少。每一次冲突都为故事掀起了一个小高潮，福格的每次遇险也都让人紧张万分，尤其是小说的最后一部分：就在福格眼看胜利在望的时候，他偏偏被关在海关，当他被放出来之后，耽误的时间已经太多，没有可能准时赶回伦敦了。读者都以为福格已经输掉这次打赌了，可谁都没有料到，万事通发现他的主人居然算错了日期，于是福格又出人意料地赢得了打赌。全文就是这样在一次又一次的意外中让读者体会到了惊险和刺激的。
《八十天环游地球》-内容分析
《八十天环游地球》是儒勒.凡尔纳一步引人入胜的小说。里边讲了一个英国人福克先生因和朋友打赌，在八十天内克服重重困难完成环游地球一周的壮举。书中不仅讲了他们所遇到的千难万险，而且在情节中体现出每个人的个性。沉着、机智、勇敢、冷静的福克和他活泼、好动、易冲动的仆人等等都给人留下了深刻的印象。
福克先生到哪都是沉默不语的冷静态度，即使是错过了搭往美国的邮船浪费了他一天多的时间，还是在火车的铁轨上遇见了千百万匹牛群从轨道上穿过而耽误了3个多小时，他总是面无表情，就像他已经知道他自己一定会赢的一样。不过如果输了这个打赌就得赔掉两千万英镑——他所有的财产。一开始就讲福克先生是非常有生活规律的人，就像是个机器人，定了时间似的，总是一分不多一秒不差的做完他计划之内的事。当然这八十天环游地球也是他规定好的，前几天，他的行程的确跟本子上的计划一模一样，到达一个地点，他就拿出小本子，在上面写着，某月某日，到底哪里。
可是世上没有不起浪的海，在一路上的天气变化，倒霉冲动但又绝对忠实的仆人路路通所造的麻烦和某些人为的成心破坏，使他们的路程总是没有他们所预计的完美。可不管多么糟糕的情况下，福克先生总是能冲出重围，总能有解决的办法。当然他都是靠他挥洒留下的大把大把的英镑。有他那么用巨大资金连眼皮都不眨一下的人，现实生活中应该是不会有的。
最叫我惊心动魄的还是马上要回到纽约完成他八十天的环球任务去领大把大把钞票的时候，眼看就要到达纽约了，居然被一直跟在他们身边的探警费克斯当作银行抢劫犯抓了起来。时间一分一秒的流逝，眼看胜利就在眼前，却一下子成了泡影，福克先生脸上仍是没有一点表情。他心里真的一点不急吗？谁也不知道。
当费克斯弄清了真相，连蹦带跳的跑进监狱放了福克时，福克只是两手一挥当作伸懒腰打了费克斯两拳，就急忙赶去纽约。可是，当他们到达楼钟下的时候，时针却指着8点50分，他们只晚了5分钟!
福克知道自己已经一无所有了，但还有一件值得庆幸的事就是在他们旅途上救了一位艾娥达夫人，现在她就要成为他的妻子了。当路路通到教堂通知神甫的时候，却发现了一个惊人的消息，今天不是2月21号，是2月20号！他们整整早到了一天！可是福克到达伦敦的时候是2月20号，怎么会记错呢？
原来是他们在这次旅途中不知不觉占了二十四小时的便宜。由于他这次旅行往东走，每当他们走过一条经线他们就会提前4分钟看到日出，整个地球一共分作三百六十度，用四分钟乘三百六十，结果正好是二十四小时。此时此刻，还不到5分钟，跟他打赌的会友正在俱乐部等他。
俱乐部里的成员，包括所有到来的人们和记者摄影师都来到了现场。倒数一分钟里，第四十秒平安的过去了，到了第五十秒是平安无事！到了第五十五秒的时候，听到外面人声雷动，掌声，欢呼声，还夹杂着咒骂声，五位绅士都站了起来！到了第五十七秒，这千钧一发的时候，大厅的门被打开了，钟摆还没有来得及响第六十下，一群狂热的群众簇拥着福克冲进了大门。只见他沉静地说：“先生们，我回来了。
《八十天环游地球》-作品评价
凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》故事生动幽默，妙语横生，又能激发人们尤其是青少年热爱科学、向往探险的热情，所以一百多年来，一直受到世界各地读者的欢迎。据联合国教科文组织的资料表明，凡尔纳是世界上被翻译的作品最多的十大名家之一。
凡尔纳是一个非常优秀的通俗小说作家，有一种能够把自己的幻觉变得能够触摸的本领，其感觉是全方位的，从平淡的文学中传达出某种人类的热情。但凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》中人物除了少数几个外都是一模一样的，他似乎塑造不出更重要的人物，人物都是脸谱化的简单的好人坏人，没有什么心理活动；从其作品人物性别单一化上还可看出他对女人的偏见，隐隐流露出深受其苦的心态。此外凡尔纳的作品中充满了明显的社会倾向，是一个爱国者（法国人最好）、民族解放主义者（支持被压迫民族斗争），在某种程度上是一个无政府主义者（从某些作品中表现出无秩序者），最后还是一个银河帝国主义者（有缔造宇宙帝国的欲望）。
《八十天环游地球》里充满了知识，但他本人却是一名宇宙神秘主义者，对世界有一种神秘的崇拜。在他的小说中，有时候思考问题不够深刻，主题也常常重复。
但总的来说，凡尔纳的尝试仍然是伟大的。正如1884年教皇在接见凡尔纳时曾说：“我并不是不知道您的作品的科学价值，但我最珍重的却是它们的纯洁、道德价值和精神力量。”
结尾有点走到尽头苦尽甘来的感觉，福格先生花了毕生的钱打了一个赌，这个赌令他找到了他生命的另一半，而由于一个糊涂探长的糊涂行动使他失去了那些钱，在这样的情况下他还能乐观地面对生活，结局出乎意料他以时差赢得了那些奖金。这个结尾就足见凡尔纳的写作功力。
《八十天环游地球》-BBC版本
《BBC八十天环游地球 》
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【译名】BBC Around The World In 80 Days
【集数】7CD
【年代】2005年
【国家】英国
【片长】7小时
【类别】纪录片
【语言】英语
【格式】XVID5 AC3
【字幕】 （请点）英文字幕（请点）中文字幕
【简介】： BBC王牌主持人，英国名喜剧演员Micheal Palin带您展开了另一次绚丽的80天旅途，一起周游世界。 与世界名著“环游世界八十天”相同旅程！环游世界旅行者必备的经典参考指南！你曾梦想环游世界吗？八十天内绕完地球一周，会是怎么样的奇幻刺激冒险？麦克尔·帕林自告奋勇要完成这一部纪录片（这辈子在这之前只有一次经验），跟时间赛跑，在全无剧本的情况下，踏上这段路程，所有的变化，毫无预警。这是前所未有的尝试』 ---麦可帕林威尼斯的垃圾船、在埃及被撞坏的计程车、横渡波斯湾的简陋小船、中国的蒸汽船、越过换日线的货柜船…… 麦克尔·帕林环绕世界一週的壮举，除了坐不完的船、上吐下泄，饥不择食的鸚鵡之外，更有著目不暇给的惊喜!!
分集目录
第1集 艰鉅挑战
按照作著朱勒凡尔纳的路径，从伦敦由海路及陆路展开…
第 2集 阿拉伯恐慌
从苏伊士港到沙乌地港，这一切都得看阿拉的旨意了…
第3集 古代水手
古加拉特水手带领航行到印度孟买，但引擎却突然故障..
第4集 惊险刮鬍
在印度第一大城孟买当街刮鬍后，转辗前往马德拉斯…
第5集 东方快车
从新加坡港出发到香港之前在南中国海遇到三个颱风…
第6集 深入远东
航行到上海、横滨，在东京稍为休息后面对广大的太平洋..
第 7集 从换日线到最后期限
时间渐逼但他们得通过美国和太西洋回到起点…
Plot summary
The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman who lives unmarried in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens. Despite his wealth, which is £40,000, Mr. Fogg, whose countenance is described as "repose in action", lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. As is noted in the first chapter, very little can be said about Mr. Fogg's social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet, James Foster, for bringing him shaving water at 84° Fahrenheit instead of 86°, Mr. Fogg hires the Frenchman Passepartout, who is about 30 years old, as a replacement.
Later, on that day, in the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20,000 from his fellow club members, which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by Passepartout, he leaves London by train at 8:45 P.M. on October 2, 1872, and thus is due back at the Reform Club at the same time 80 days later, on December 21.
Map of the trip
The proposed schedule London to Suez rail and steamer 7 days
Suez to Bombay steamer 13 days
Bombay to Calcutta rail 3 days
Calcutta to Hong Kong steamer 13 days
Hong Kong to Yokohama steamer 6 days
Yokohama to San Francisco steamer 22 days
San Francisco to New York City rail 7 days
New York to London steamer and rail 9 days
Total 80 days
Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of a bank robber. Because Fogg matches the description of the bank robber, Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix goes on board the steamer conveying the travellers to Bombay. During the voyage, Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout, without revealing his purpose. On the voyage, Fogg promises the engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. They dock two days ahead of schedule.
After reaching India they take a train from Bombay to Calcutta. About halfway there Fogg learns that the Daily Telegraph newspaper article was wrong – the railroad ends at Kholby and starts 50 miles further on at Allahabad. Fogg promptly buys an elephant, hires a guide and starts toward Allahabad.
During the ride, they come across a suttee procession, in which a young Parsi woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed by the process of sati the next day by Brahmins. Since the young woman is drugged with the smoke of opium and hemp and obviously not going voluntarily, the travellers decide to rescue her. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout secretly takes the place of Aouda's deceased husband on the funeral pyre, on which she is to be burned the next morning. During the ceremony, he then rises from the pyre, scaring off the priests, and carries the young woman away. Due to this incident, the two days gained earlier are lost but Fogg shows no sign of regret.
The travellers then hasten on to catch the train at the next railway station, taking Aouda with them. At Calcutta, they can finally board a steamer going to Hong Kong. Fix, who has secretly been following them, has Fogg and Passepartout arrested in Calcutta. However, they jump bail and Fix is forced to follow them to Hong Kong. On board, he shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to meet again his travelling companion from the earlier voyage.
In Hong Kong, it turns out that Aouda's distant relative, in whose care they had been planning to leave her, has moved, probably to Holland, so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Meanwhile, still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. He therefore confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a bank robber. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, Fix gets Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. In his dizziness, Passepartout still manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama, but neglects to inform Fogg.
Fogg, on the next day, discovers that he has missed his connection. He goes in search of a vessel that will take him to Yokohama. He finds a pilot boat that takes him and Aouda to Shanghai, where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. In Yokohama, they go on a search for Passepartout, believing that he may have arrived there on the original boat. They find him in a circus, trying to earn the fare for his homeward journey. Reunited, the four board a steamer taking them across the Pacific to San Francisco. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey, but rather support him in getting back to Britain as fast as possible (to have him arrested there).
In San Francisco they get on a trans-American train to New York, encountering a number of obstacles along the way: a massive herd of bison crossing the tracks, a failing suspension bridge, and most disastrously, the train is attacked and overcome by Sioux Indians. After heroically uncoupling the locomotive from the carriages, Passepartout is kidnapped by the Indians, but Fogg rescues him after some soldiers volunteer to help. They continue by a wind-powered sledge over the snowy prairie to Omaha, where they get a train to New York.
Once in New York, and having missed departure of their ship (the China) by 35 minutes, Fogg starts looking for an alternative for the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. He finds a small steamboat, destined for Bordeaux. However, the captain of the boat refuses to take the company to Liverpool, whereupon Fogg consents to be taken to Bordeaux for the price of $2000 per passenger. On the voyage, he bribes the crew to mutiny and take course for Liverpool. Against hurricane winds and going on full steam all the time, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. Fogg buys the boat at a very high price from the captain, soothing him thereby, and has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.
The companions arrive at Queenstown, Ireland, in time to reach London via Dublin and Liverpool before the deadline. However, once on British soil again, Fix produces a warrant and arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up—the actual bank robber had been caught three days earlier in Edinburgh. In response to this, Fogg, in a rare moment of impulse, punches Fix, who immediately falls to the ground. However, Fogg has missed the train and returns to London five minutes late, assured that he has lost the wager.
In his London house the next day, he apologises to Aouda for bringing her with him, since he now has to live in poverty and cannot financially support her. Aouda suddenly confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her, which he gladly accepts. He calls for Passepartout to notify the reverend. At the reverend's, Passepartout learns that he is mistaken in the date, which he takes to be Sunday but which actually is Saturday due to the fact that the party travelled east, thereby gaining a full day on their journey around the globe, by crossing the International Date Line. He did not notice this after landing in North America because the only phase of the trip that depended on vehicles departing less often than daily was the Atlantic crossing, and he had hired his own ship for that.
Passepartout hurries back to Fogg, who immediately sets off for the Reform Club, where he arrives just in time to win the wager. Fogg marries Aouda and the journey around the world is complete.
Passepartout and Fogg's Baggage
Passepartout and Fogg carry only a carpet bag with only two shirts and three pairs of stockings each, a mackintosh, a travelling cloak, and a spare pair of shoes. The only book carried is Bradshaw's Continental Railway Steam Transit and General Guide. This contains timetables of trains and steamers. He also carried a huge roll of English banknotes-about twenty thousand pounds. He also left with twenty guineas won at whist, which he soon disposed of.
Background and analysis
Around the World in Eighty Days was written during difficult times, both for France and for Verne. It was during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) in which Verne was conscripted as a coastguard, he was having money difficulties (his previous works were not paid royalties), his father had died recently, and he had witnessed a public execution which had disturbed him. However despite all this, Verne was excited about his work on the new book, the idea of which came to him one afternoon in a Paris café while reading a newspaper (see "Origins" below).
The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership. In particular three technological breakthroughs occurred in 1869-70 that made a tourist-like around-the-world journey possible for the first time: the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in America (1869), the linking of the Indian railways across the sub-continent (1870), and the opening of the Suez Canal (1869). It was another notable mark in the end of an age of exploration and the start of an age of fully global tourism that could be enjoyed in relative comfort and safety. It sparked the imagination that anyone could sit down, draw up a schedule, buy tickets and travel around the world, a feat previously reserved for only the most heroic and hardy of adventurers.
Verne is often characterised as a futurist or science fiction author but there is not a glimmer of science-fiction in this, his most popular work (at least in English speaking countries). Rather than any futurism, it remains a memorable portrait of the British Empire "on which the sun never sets" shortly before its very peak, drawn by an outsider. It is also interesting to note that, as of 2006, there has never been a critical edition of Around the World in Eighty Days. This is in part due to the poor translations available of his works, the stereotype of "science fiction" or "boys' literature". However, Verne's works were being looked at more seriously in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with new translations and scholarship appearing. It is also rather interesting to note that the book is a source of common notable English and extended British attitudes in quotes such as, "Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty ... endured the discomfort with true British phlegm, talking little, and scarcely able to catch a glimpse of each other" as seen in Chapter Twelve when the group is being jostled around on the elephant ride across the jungle. Also seen in chapter Twenty-Five, when Phileas Fogg is insulted in San Francisco, and Detective Fix acknowledges that "It was clear that Mr. Fogg was one of those Englishmen who, while they do not tolerate dueling at home, fight abroad when their honor is attacked."
It is interesting to note that The China's departure from New York on the day of Fogg's arrival there constitutes a minor flaw in Verne's logic, because Fogg had already crossed the Pacific without accounting for the International Date Line so his entire journey across North America was apparently conducted with an erroneous belief about the date and day of the week. Had The China sailed in agreement with the published steamer schedule used by Fogg, it would have departed a day later than Fogg expected, and he would have been able to catch it in spite of arriving what he thought was a few minutes late.
The closing date of the novel, 22 December 1872, was also the same date as the serial publication. As it was being published serially for the first time, some readers believed that the journey was actually taking place — bets were placed, and some railway companies and ship liner companies actually lobbied Verne to appear in the book. It is unknown if Verne actually submitted to their requests, but the descriptions of some rail and shipping lines leave some suspicion he was influenced.
Although a journey by hot air balloon has become one of the images most strongly associated with the story, this iconic symbol was never deployed in the book by Verne himself – the idea is briefly brought up in chapter 32, but dismissed, it "would have been highly risky and, in any case, impossible." However the popular 1956 movie adaptation Around the World in Eighty Days floated the balloon idea, and it has now become a part of the mythology of the story, even appearing on book covers. This plot element is reminiscent of Verne's earlier Five Weeks in a Balloon which first made him a well-known author.
Following Towle and d'Anver's 1873 English translation, many people have tried to follow in the footsteps of Fogg's fictional circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints:
* 1889 – Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the New York World. She managed to do the journey within 72 days. Her book about the trip, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, became a best seller.
* 1903 – James Willis Sayre, a Seattle theatre critic and arts promoter, set the world record for circling the earth using public transportation exclusively, completing his trip in 54 days, 9 hours, and 42 minutes.
* 1908 – Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask.
* 1984 - Nicholas Coleridge emulated Fogg's trip and wrote a book entitled Around the World in 78 Days about his experience.
* 1988 – Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin took a similar challenge without using aircraft as a part of a television travelogue, called Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days. He completed the journey in 79 days and 7 hours.
* 1993–present – The Jules Verne Trophy is held by the boat that sails around the world without stopping, and with no outside assistance in the shortest time.
* 2009 - in Around the World in 80 Days twelve celebrities performed a relay version of the journey for the BBC Children In Need charity appeal. This featured a carpet bag.
Origins
The idea of a trip around the world within a set period had clear external origins and was popular before Verne published his book in 1872. Even the title Around the World in Eighty Days is not original to Verne. About six sources have been suggested as the origins of the story:
Greek traveller Pausanias (c. 100 AD) wrote a work that was translated into French in 1797 as Voyage autour du monde ("Around the World"). Verne's friend, Jacques Arago, had written a very popular Voyage autour du monde in 1853. However in 1869/70 the idea of travelling around the world reached critical popular attention when three geographical breakthroughs occurred: the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in America (1869), the linking of the Indian railways across the sub-continent (1870), and the opening of the Suez Canal (1869). In 1871 appeared Around the World by Steam, via Pacific Railway, published by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and an Around the World in A Hundred and Twenty Days by Edmond Planchut. Between 1869 and 1871, an American William Perry Fogg went around the world describing his tour in a series of letters to the Cleveland Leader, titled Round the World: Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt (1872). Additionally, in early 1870, the Erie Railway Company published a statement of routes, times, and distances detailing a trip around the globe of 23,739 miles in seventy-seven days and twenty-one hours.
In 1872 Thomas Cook organised the first around the world tourist trip, leaving on 20 September 1872 and returning seven months later. The journey was described in a series of letters that were later published in 1873 as Letter from the Sea and from Foreign Lands, Descriptive of a tour Round the World. Scholars have pointed out similarities between Verne's account and Cook's letters, although some argue that Cook's trip happened too late to influence Verne. Verne, according to a second-hand 1898 account, refers to a Thomas Cook advertisement as a source for the idea of his book. In interviews in 1894 and 1904, Verne says the source was "through reading one day in a Paris cafe" and "due merely to a tourist advertisement seen by chance in the columns of a newspaper.” Around the World itself says the origins were a newspaper article. All of these point to Cook's advert as being a probable spark for the idea of the book.
Further, the periodical Le Tour du monde (3 October 1869) contained a short piece entitled "Around the World in Eighty Days", which refers to "140 miles" of railway not yet completed between Allahabad and Bombay, a central point in Verne's work. But even the Le Tour de monde article was not entirely original; it cites in its bibliography the Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Géographie, de l'Histoire et de l'Archéologie (August, 1869), which also contains the title Around the World in Eighty Days in its contents page. The Nouvelles Annales were written by Conrad Malte-Brun (1775—1826) and his son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816—1889). Scholars believe Verne was aware of either the Le Tour de monde article, or the Nouvelles Annales (or both), and consulted it — the 'Le Tour du monde even included a trip schedule very similar to Verne's final version.
A possible inspiration was the traveller George Francis Train, who made four trips around the world, including one in 80 days in 1870. Similarities include the hiring of a private train and his being imprisoned. Train later claimed "Verne stole my thunder. I'm Phileas Fogg."
Regarding the idea of gaining a day, Verne said of its origin: "I have a great number of scientific odds and ends in my head. It was thus that, when, one day in a Paris café, I read in the Siècle that a man could travel around the world in eighty days, it immediately struck me that I could profit by a difference of meridian and make my traveller gain or lose a day in his journey. There was a dénouement ready found. The story was not written until long after. I carry ideas about in my head for years – ten, or fifteen years, sometimes – before giving them form." In his lecture of April 1873 "The Meridians and the Calendar", Verne responded to a question about where the change of day actually occurred, since the international date line had only become current in 1880 and the Greenwich prime meridian was not adopted internationally until 1884. Verne cited an 1872 article in Nature, and Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Three Sundays in a Week" (1841), which was also based on going around the world and the difference in a day linked to a marriage at the end. Verne even analysed Poe's story in his Edgar Poe and His Works (1864).
In summary either the periodical 'Le Tour du monde or the Nouvelles Annales, W. P. Fogg, probably Thomas Cook's advert (and maybe his letters) would be the main likely source for the book. In addition, Poe's short story "Three Sundays in a Week" was clearly the inspiration for the lost day plot device.
Literary significance and criticism
Select quotes:
1. "We will only remind readers en passant of Around the World in Eighty Days, that tour de force of Mr Verne's—and not the first he has produced. Here, however, he has summarised and concentrated himself, so to speak ... No praise of his collected works is strong enough .. they are truly useful, entertaining, poignant, and moral; and Europe and America have merely produced rivals that are remarkably similar to them, but in any case inferior." (Henry Trianon, Le Constitutionnel, December 20, 1873).
2. "His first books, the shortest, Around the World or From the Earth to the Moon, are still the best in my view. However, the works should be judged as a whole rather than in detail, and on their results rather than their intrinsic quality. Over the last forty years, they have had an influence unequalled by any other books on the children of this and every country in Europe. And the influence has been good, in so far as can be judged today." (Léon Blum, L'Humanité, April 3, 1905).
3. "Jules Verne's masterpiece .. stimulated our childhood and taught us more than all the atlases: the taste of adventure and the love of travel. 'Thirty thousand banknotes for you, Captain, if we reach Liverpool within the hour.' This cry of Phileas Fogg's remains for me the call of the sea." (Jean Cocteau, Mon premier voyage (Tour du monde en 80 jours), Gallimard, 1936).
4. "Leo Tolstoy loved his works. 'Jules Verne's novels are matchless', he would say. 'I read them as an adult, and yet I remember they excited me. Jules Verne is an astonishing past master at the art of constructing a story that fascinates and impassions the reader. (Cyril Andreyev, "Preface to the Complete Works", trans. François Hirsch, Europe, 33: 112-113, 22-48).
5. "Jules Verne's work is nothing but a long meditation, a reverie on the straight line—which represents the predication of nature on industry and industry on nature, and which is recounted as a tale of exploration. Title: the adventures of a straight line ... The train.. cleaves through nature, jumps obstacles .. and continues both the actual journey—whose form is a furrow—and the perfect embodiment of human industry. The machine has the additional advantage here of not being isolated in a purpose-built, artificial place, like the factory or all similar structures, but of remaining in permanent and direct contact with the variety of nature." Pierre Macherey (1966).
Adaptations and influences
The book has been adapted many times in different forms.
Theatre
* A 1874 play written by Jules Verne and Adolphe d'Ennery at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, where it was shown 415 times.
* In 1946 Orson Welles produced and starred in Around the World, a musical stage version, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, that was only loosely faithful to Verne's original.
* A musical version, 80 Days, with songs by Ray Davies of The Kinks and a book by playwright Snoo Wilson, directed by Des McAnuff, ran at the Mandell Weiss Theatre in San Diego from August 23 to October 9, 1988. The musical received mixed responses from the critics. Ray Davies's multi-faceted music, McAnuff's directing, and the acting, however, were well received, with the show winning the "Best Musical" award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle.
* In 2001, the story was adapted for the stage by American playwright Mark Brown. In what has been described as "a wildly wacky, unbelievably creative, 90-miles-an-hour, hilarious journey" this award winning stage adaptation is written for five actors who portray thirty-nine characters.
* A stage musical adaptation premiered at the Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA in March 2007 with music by Ron Barnett, book and lyrics by Julianne Homokay, and direction by Robin McKercher.
Films
* A 1919 silent black and white parody by director Richard Oswald didn't disguise its use of locations in Germany as placeholders for the international voyage; part of the movie's joke is that Fogg's trip is obviously going to places in and around Berlin. There are no remaining copies of the film available today.
* The best known version was released in 1956, with David Niven and Cantinflas heading a huge cast. Many famous performers play bit parts, and part of the pleasure in this movie is playing "spot the star". The movie earned five Oscars, out of eight nominations. This film was also responsible for the popular misconception that Fogg and company travel by balloon for part of the trip in the novel, which has prompted later adaptations to include similar sequences. See Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film) for details.
* 1963 saw the release of The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze. In this parody, the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita) are cast as the menservants of Phileas Fogg III (Jay Sheffield), great-grandson of the original around-the-world voyager. When Phileas Fogg III is tricked into replicating his ancestor's feat of circumnavigation, Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe dutifully accompany their master. Along the way, the boys get into and out of trouble in typical Stooge fashion.
* In 1983 the basic idea was expanded to a galactic scope in Japan's Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger, where a team of adventurers travel through the galaxy in a train-like ship that can transform into a giant robot. The characters are travelling to different planets in order to return within a certain period and win a bet.
* The story was again adapted for the screen in the 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days, starring Jackie Chan as Passepartout and Steve Coogan as Fogg. This version makes Passepartout the hero and the thief of the treasure of the Bank; Fogg's character is an eccentric inventor who bets a rival scientist that he can travel the world with (then) modern means of transportation.
TV
* An episode of the American television series, Have Gun – Will Travel, entitled "Fogg Bound", had the series' hero, Palladin (Richard Boone), escorting Phileas Fogg (Patric Knowles) through part of his journey. This episode was broadcasted by CBS on December 3, 1960.
* A 1989 three-part TV mini-series starred Pierce Brosnan as Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Peter Ustinov as Fix and several TV stars in cameo roles. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book. See Around the World in 80 Days (TV miniseries) for details.
* The BBC along with Michael Palin (of Monty Python fame) created a 1989 television travel series following the book's path. It was one of many travelogues Michael Palin has done with the BBC and was a commercially successful transition from his comedic career. The latest series in a similar format was Michael Palin's New Europe in 2007.
* Around the World in 80 Days, a six part 2009 BBC One show in which twelve celebrities attempt to travel the world in aid of the Children in Need appeal. This featured a carpet bag similar to one carried by Fogg and Passeportout.
Animation
* An Indian Fantasy Story is an unfinished French/English co-production from 1938, featuring the wager at the Reform Club and the rescue of the Indian Princess. It was never completed as a full feature film.
* Around the World in 79 Days, a serial segment on the Hanna-Barbera show The Cattanooga Cats from 1969 to 1971.
* Around the World in 80 Days from 1972 by American studio Rankin/Bass with Japanese Mushi productions as part of the Festival of Family Classics series.
* A one-season cartoon series Around the World in 80 Days from 1972 by Australian Air Programs International. NBC aired the series in the US during the 1972-73 season on Saturday mornings.
* Puss 'N Boots Travels Around the World, a 1976 anime from Toei Animation
* A Walt Disney adaptation was produced in 1986. It featured Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy as the main characters.
* Around the World with Willy Fog by Spanish studio BRB Internacional from 1981 with a second season produced in 1993. This series depicts the characters as talking animals, and, despite adding some new characters and making some superficial modifications to the original story, it remains one of the most accurate adaptations of the book made for film or television. The show has gained a cult following in Finland, Britain, Germany and Spain. The first season is "Around the World in 80 Days", and the second season is "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"; all three books are by Jules Verne.
* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure is a direct-to-video cartoon by Warner Brothers from 2000 starring the Looney Tunes characters. It takes a great many liberties with the original story, but the central idea is still there - indeed, one of the songs in this film is entitled Around the World in Eighty Days. Tweety not only had to travel the world, he had to also collect 80 cat pawprints, all while evading the constant pursuits of Slyvester. This movie frequently appears on various US-based cable TV networks.
* "Around the World in 80 Narfs" is a Pinky and the Brain episode where the Brain claims to be able to make the travel in less than 80 days and the Pompous Explorers club agrees to make him their new president. With this, the Brain expects to be UK's new Prime Minister, what he considers back at that time, the fastest way to take over the world.
* A Mickey Mouse episode shows the effort of Mickey to get around the world in 80 days with the help of Goofy. The cartoon made reference to the ending of the novel. They realise they have a day extra by hearing church bells on what they believe to be a Monday. This referenced the ending with the vicar in the church.
Exhibitions
* "Around the World in 80 Days", group show curated by Jens Hoffman at the ICA London 2006
Cultural references
* "Around the Universe in 80 Days" is a song by the Canadian band Klaatu, and makes reference to a spaceship travelling around the galaxy, coming home to find the Earth second from the Sun. It was originally included on the 1977 album "Hope", but also appears on at least two compilations.
* There are at least four board games by this name.
* Worlds of Fun, an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, was conceived using the novel as its theme. It uses the hot air balloon in its logo, and the park's layout is based on world geography.
Argentinian avant-garde writer Julio Cortazar wrote in 1967 his book titled Around the Day in Eighty Worlds.
《八十天环游地球》-作品内容
在还没有飞机的19世纪70年代，当人们还以马车、雪橇、轮船、火车……作为代步工具的时候，要想在短短的八十天之内环球一周，怎能不让人惊叹和佩服。完成此举的这个人，就是费雷亚斯•福格。
这件事就发生在1872年的伦敦。由于英国国家银行的一次失窃，福格和改良俱乐部的会友以两万英镑作为赌注，打赌可以在八十天里环游地球一周。为了证实这一推算的准确性，福格带着刚刚雇用的，绰号叫万事通的仆人立刻启程从伦敦出发，开始了这次不可思议的环球旅行。福格设想的旅行路线是这样的：乘火车先到苏伊士运河，在这里乘船到印度，然后坐火车横穿印度，来到中国的香港，再乘船到日本，接着到美国，坐火车穿过美国后，最后再回到伦敦。在此期间，他必须分秒不差地从一个地方赶到另一个地方，只有始终准确无误才能保证按时回来。
这位性格冷僻、精确准时的绅士在旅途中遇到的事情：遭人跟踪、置身荒村无路可走、舍身救人、与恶僧对簿公堂、遭暗算误了轮船、遇风浪海上搏击、与仆人失散、勇斗劫匪、救仆人身赴险境、燃料告急海上经受考验、疑为窃贼海关被囚……几乎所有的意外和困难都被福格不幸遇到了，就算他临危不惧，冷静守时，他也无法预料旅途上所发生的所有的事情。更何况，还有一位名叫菲克斯的侦探始终跟在他身边不停地设置障碍，虎视眈眈一心想把他捉拿归案，其原因是他与警方描述的疑犯的外貌特征惊人地相似。然而，所有的困难都没有难倒福格，他总能在危难关头找到问题的解决办法，一次次神奇地化险为夷、摆脱困境：买大象穿越密林赶火车、英雄救美赢得美人心、花重金取保候审摆脱官司、高价雇航船渡海赴日本。机缘巧合与仆人重聚、英勇御敌战劫匪、坐雪橇穿越冰原、烧轮船解燃眉之急、消除误会重获自由……这是一位怎样的绅士呀！他的镇定自若、慷慨大方、勇敢机智和善良细心给每一个人都留下了深刻的印象；正是他身上的这些异乎寻常的优秀品质使他每次均能逢凶化吉、转危为安，最后胜利完成旅行；那个侦探则是一个意外卷入这次旅行中的特殊人物，他固执多疑、急功近利、精于算计，但却忠于职守，出于职责和贪心，他一路跟踪福格，被迫也进行了一次环球旅行。他想方设法处处给福格制造麻烦，阻止他顺利完成计划，但他的计谋却一次次落空；而那个叫万事通的法国小伙子则为这次旅行增添了不少笑料；他诚实勇敢、身怀绝技、正直善良，但却容易上当受骗，他既为主人化解了不少危机也为主人制造了不少麻烦，他的加入使这次旅行变得趣味横生；还有一位人物虽然话语不多，但却有着举足轻重的地位，她就是福格舍身搭救的阿妩达夫人，也是后来的福格夫人。她光彩照人、温柔高雅、善解人意，一直在福格身边从精神上支持他、鼓励他坚持到胜利。有了她的陪伴，这次环球之旅也变得浪漫多情和温情脉脉了。故事的结局当然是如人所愿：福格赢得了这次打赌，并且找到了他一生的伴侣。
《八十天环游地球》-作者简介
《八十天环游地球》儒勒•凡尔纳
儒勒•凡尔纳（Verne•Jules1828-1905），法国最著名的科幻小说作家。出生于海港城市，自幼迷上航海，曾离家出走当水手，又被父亲找回，送到巴黎学习法律。他毕业后不愿做法官，却去剧院做了秘书，开始撰写剧本。凡尔纳热衷于各种科学新发现，也创作科幻小说打下扎实基础。1863年，出版《气球上的五个星期》，获得成功。此后40余年间笔耕不缀，几乎每年都有一两部新作问世，题材广泛。他的科学幻想小说的总名是《在已知和未知的世界中奇异的漫游》，简称《奇异的漫游》。
主要作品：《八十天环游地球》、《底两万里》、《格兰特船长的儿女》、《环绕月球》、《神秘岛》、《世界主宰者》、《米歇尔•斯特罗哥夫》、《气球上的五星期》、《空中历险记》、《墨西哥的“幽灵”》、《佐奇瑞大师》、《牛博士》、《一个在冰雪中度过的冬天》、《征服者罗比尔》、《两年假期》、《从地球到月球》、《八十天环绕地球》、《奥兰情游》、《升D先生和降E小姐》、《隐身新娘》、《昂梯菲尔奇遇记》、《大海入侵》、《烽火岛》、《太阳系历险记》、《巴尔萨克考察队的惊险遭遇》、《哈特拉斯船长历险记》、《大木筏》、《喀尔巴阡古堡》、《金火山》、《鲁滨逊叔叔》、《多瑙河领航员》、《鲁滨逊学校》、《马丁•帕兹》《旅行基金》、《漂逝的半岛》、《桑道夫伯爵》、《黑印度》、《南非洲历险记》、《突破封锁》、《沙皇的邮件》、《印度贵妇的五亿法郎》、《小把戏》。
《八十天环游地球》-作品主题
《八十天环游地球》的叙事技巧并不复杂，福格的这次旅行其实是和侦探菲克斯的被动旅行同时平行展开的两条叙事线，这两条线既平行发展又交错交汇，交叉点就是故事的冲突点，也是故事的出彩之处。而万事通和阿妩达都是福格旅行这条线上的两个小分支，他们的故事为全文增色不少。每一次冲突都为故事掀起了一个小高潮，福格的每次遇险也都让人紧张万分，尤其是小说的最后一部分：就在福格眼看胜利在望的时候，他偏偏被关在海关，当他被放出来之后，耽误的时间已经太多，没有可能准时赶回伦敦了。读者都以为福格已经输掉这次打赌了，可谁都没有料到，万事通发现他的主人居然算错了日期，于是福格又出人意料地赢得了打赌。全文就是这样在一次又一次的意外中让读者体会到了惊险和刺激的。
《八十天环游地球》-内容分析
《八十天环游地球》是儒勒.凡尔纳一步引人入胜的小说。里边讲了一个英国人福克先生因和朋友打赌，在八十天内克服重重困难完成环游地球一周的壮举。书中不仅讲了他们所遇到的千难万险，而且在情节中体现出每个人的个性。沉着、机智、勇敢、冷静的福克和他活泼、好动、易冲动的仆人等等都给人留下了深刻的印象。
福克先生到哪都是沉默不语的冷静态度，即使是错过了搭往美国的邮船浪费了他一天多的时间，还是在火车的铁轨上遇见了千百万匹牛群从轨道上穿过而耽误了3个多小时，他总是面无表情，就像他已经知道他自己一定会赢的一样。不过如果输了这个打赌就得赔掉两千万英镑——他所有的财产。一开始就讲福克先生是非常有生活规律的人，就像是个机器人，定了时间似的，总是一分不多一秒不差的做完他计划之内的事。当然这八十天环游地球也是他规定好的，前几天，他的行程的确跟本子上的计划一模一样，到达一个地点，他就拿出小本子，在上面写着，某月某日，到底哪里。
可是世上没有不起浪的海，在一路上的天气变化，倒霉冲动但又绝对忠实的仆人路路通所造的麻烦和某些人为的成心破坏，使他们的路程总是没有他们所预计的完美。可不管多么糟糕的情况下，福克先生总是能冲出重围，总能有解决的办法。当然他都是靠他挥洒留下的大把大把的英镑。有他那么用巨大资金连眼皮都不眨一下的人，现实生活中应该是不会有的。
最叫我惊心动魄的还是马上要回到纽约完成他八十天的环球任务去领大把大把钞票的时候，眼看就要到达纽约了，居然被一直跟在他们身边的探警费克斯当作银行抢劫犯抓了起来。时间一分一秒的流逝，眼看胜利就在眼前，却一下子成了泡影，福克先生脸上仍是没有一点表情。他心里真的一点不急吗？谁也不知道。
当费克斯弄清了真相，连蹦带跳的跑进监狱放了福克时，福克只是两手一挥当作伸懒腰打了费克斯两拳，就急忙赶去纽约。可是，当他们到达楼钟下的时候，时针却指着8点50分，他们只晚了5分钟!
福克知道自己已经一无所有了，但还有一件值得庆幸的事就是在他们旅途上救了一位艾娥达夫人，现在她就要成为他的妻子了。当路路通到教堂通知神甫的时候，却发现了一个惊人的消息，今天不是2月21号，是2月20号！他们整整早到了一天！可是福克到达伦敦的时候是2月20号，怎么会记错呢？
原来是他们在这次旅途中不知不觉占了二十四小时的便宜。由于他这次旅行往东走，每当他们走过一条经线他们就会提前4分钟看到日出，整个地球一共分作三百六十度，用四分钟乘三百六十，结果正好是二十四小时。此时此刻，还不到5分钟，跟他打赌的会友正在俱乐部等他。
俱乐部里的成员，包括所有到来的人们和记者摄影师都来到了现场。倒数一分钟里，第四十秒平安的过去了，到了第五十秒是平安无事！到了第五十五秒的时候，听到外面人声雷动，掌声，欢呼声，还夹杂着咒骂声，五位绅士都站了起来！到了第五十七秒，这千钧一发的时候，大厅的门被打开了，钟摆还没有来得及响第六十下，一群狂热的群众簇拥着福克冲进了大门。只见他沉静地说：“先生们，我回来了。
《八十天环游地球》-作品评价
凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》故事生动幽默，妙语横生，又能激发人们尤其是青少年热爱科学、向往探险的热情，所以一百多年来，一直受到世界各地读者的欢迎。据联合国教科文组织的资料表明，凡尔纳是世界上被翻译的作品最多的十大名家之一。
凡尔纳是一个非常优秀的通俗小说作家，有一种能够把自己的幻觉变得能够触摸的本领，其感觉是全方位的，从平淡的文学中传达出某种人类的热情。但凡尔纳的《八十天环游地球》中人物除了少数几个外都是一模一样的，他似乎塑造不出更重要的人物，人物都是脸谱化的简单的好人坏人，没有什么心理活动；从其作品人物性别单一化上还可看出他对女人的偏见，隐隐流露出深受其苦的心态。此外凡尔纳的作品中充满了明显的社会倾向，是一个爱国者（法国人最好）、民族解放主义者（支持被压迫民族斗争），在某种程度上是一个无政府主义者（从某些作品中表现出无秩序者），最后还是一个银河帝国主义者（有缔造宇宙帝国的欲望）。
《八十天环游地球》里充满了知识，但他本人却是一名宇宙神秘主义者，对世界有一种神秘的崇拜。在他的小说中，有时候思考问题不够深刻，主题也常常重复。
但总的来说，凡尔纳的尝试仍然是伟大的。正如1884年教皇在接见凡尔纳时曾说：“我并不是不知道您的作品的科学价值，但我最珍重的却是它们的纯洁、道德价值和精神力量。”
结尾有点走到尽头苦尽甘来的感觉，福格先生花了毕生的钱打了一个赌，这个赌令他找到了他生命的另一半，而由于一个糊涂探长的糊涂行动使他失去了那些钱，在这样的情况下他还能乐观地面对生活，结局出乎意料他以时差赢得了那些奖金。这个结尾就足见凡尔纳的写作功力。
《八十天环游地球》-BBC版本
《BBC八十天环游地球 》
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【译名】BBC Around The World In 80 Days
【集数】7CD
【年代】2005年
【国家】英国
【片长】7小时
【类别】纪录片
【语言】英语
【格式】XVID5 AC3
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【简介】： BBC王牌主持人，英国名喜剧演员Micheal Palin带您展开了另一次绚丽的80天旅途，一起周游世界。 与世界名著“环游世界八十天”相同旅程！环游世界旅行者必备的经典参考指南！你曾梦想环游世界吗？八十天内绕完地球一周，会是怎么样的奇幻刺激冒险？麦克尔·帕林自告奋勇要完成这一部纪录片（这辈子在这之前只有一次经验），跟时间赛跑，在全无剧本的情况下，踏上这段路程，所有的变化，毫无预警。这是前所未有的尝试』 ---麦可帕林威尼斯的垃圾船、在埃及被撞坏的计程车、横渡波斯湾的简陋小船、中国的蒸汽船、越过换日线的货柜船…… 麦克尔·帕林环绕世界一週的壮举，除了坐不完的船、上吐下泄，饥不择食的鸚鵡之外，更有著目不暇给的惊喜!!
分集目录
第1集 艰鉅挑战
按照作著朱勒凡尔纳的路径，从伦敦由海路及陆路展开…
第 2集 阿拉伯恐慌
从苏伊士港到沙乌地港，这一切都得看阿拉的旨意了…
第3集 古代水手
古加拉特水手带领航行到印度孟买，但引擎却突然故障..
第4集 惊险刮鬍
在印度第一大城孟买当街刮鬍后，转辗前往马德拉斯…
第5集 东方快车
从新加坡港出发到香港之前在南中国海遇到三个颱风…
第6集 深入远东
航行到上海、横滨，在东京稍为休息后面对广大的太平洋..
第 7集 从换日线到最后期限
时间渐逼但他们得通过美国和太西洋回到起点…
Plot summary
The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman who lives unmarried in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens. Despite his wealth, which is £40,000, Mr. Fogg, whose countenance is described as "repose in action", lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. As is noted in the first chapter, very little can be said about Mr. Fogg's social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet, James Foster, for bringing him shaving water at 84° Fahrenheit instead of 86°, Mr. Fogg hires the Frenchman Passepartout, who is about 30 years old, as a replacement.
Later, on that day, in the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20,000 from his fellow club members, which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by Passepartout, he leaves London by train at 8:45 P.M. on October 2, 1872, and thus is due back at the Reform Club at the same time 80 days later, on December 21.
Map of the trip
The proposed schedule London to Suez rail and steamer 7 days
Suez to Bombay steamer 13 days
Bombay to Calcutta rail 3 days
Calcutta to Hong Kong steamer 13 days
Hong Kong to Yokohama steamer 6 days
Yokohama to San Francisco steamer 22 days
San Francisco to New York City rail 7 days
New York to London steamer and rail 9 days
Total 80 days
Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of a bank robber. Because Fogg matches the description of the bank robber, Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix goes on board the steamer conveying the travellers to Bombay. During the voyage, Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout, without revealing his purpose. On the voyage, Fogg promises the engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. They dock two days ahead of schedule.
After reaching India they take a train from Bombay to Calcutta. About halfway there Fogg learns that the Daily Telegraph newspaper article was wrong – the railroad ends at Kholby and starts 50 miles further on at Allahabad. Fogg promptly buys an elephant, hires a guide and starts toward Allahabad.
During the ride, they come across a suttee procession, in which a young Parsi woman, Aouda, is led to a sanctuary to be sacrificed by the process of sati the next day by Brahmins. Since the young woman is drugged with the smoke of opium and hemp and obviously not going voluntarily, the travellers decide to rescue her. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout secretly takes the place of Aouda's deceased husband on the funeral pyre, on which she is to be burned the next morning. During the ceremony, he then rises from the pyre, scaring off the priests, and carries the young woman away. Due to this incident, the two days gained earlier are lost but Fogg shows no sign of regret.
The travellers then hasten on to catch the train at the next railway station, taking Aouda with them. At Calcutta, they can finally board a steamer going to Hong Kong. Fix, who has secretly been following them, has Fogg and Passepartout arrested in Calcutta. However, they jump bail and Fix is forced to follow them to Hong Kong. On board, he shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to meet again his travelling companion from the earlier voyage.
In Hong Kong, it turns out that Aouda's distant relative, in whose care they had been planning to leave her, has moved, probably to Holland, so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Meanwhile, still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. He therefore confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a bank robber. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, Fix gets Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. In his dizziness, Passepartout still manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama, but neglects to inform Fogg.
Fogg, on the next day, discovers that he has missed his connection. He goes in search of a vessel that will take him to Yokohama. He finds a pilot boat that takes him and Aouda to Shanghai, where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. In Yokohama, they go on a search for Passepartout, believing that he may have arrived there on the original boat. They find him in a circus, trying to earn the fare for his homeward journey. Reunited, the four board a steamer taking them across the Pacific to San Francisco. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey, but rather support him in getting back to Britain as fast as possible (to have him arrested there).
In San Francisco they get on a trans-American train to New York, encountering a number of obstacles along the way: a massive herd of bison crossing the tracks, a failing suspension bridge, and most disastrously, the train is attacked and overcome by Sioux Indians. After heroically uncoupling the locomotive from the carriages, Passepartout is kidnapped by the Indians, but Fogg rescues him after some soldiers volunteer to help. They continue by a wind-powered sledge over the snowy prairie to Omaha, where they get a train to New York.
Once in New York, and having missed departure of their ship (the China) by 35 minutes, Fogg starts looking for an alternative for the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. He finds a small steamboat, destined for Bordeaux. However, the captain of the boat refuses to take the company to Liverpool, whereupon Fogg consents to be taken to Bordeaux for the price of $2000 per passenger. On the voyage, he bribes the crew to mutiny and take course for Liverpool. Against hurricane winds and going on full steam all the time, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. Fogg buys the boat at a very high price from the captain, soothing him thereby, and has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.
The companions arrive at Queenstown, Ireland, in time to reach London via Dublin and Liverpool before the deadline. However, once on British soil again, Fix produces a warrant and arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up—the actual bank robber had been caught three days earlier in Edinburgh. In response to this, Fogg, in a rare moment of impulse, punches Fix, who immediately falls to the ground. However, Fogg has missed the train and returns to London five minutes late, assured that he has lost the wager.
In his London house the next day, he apologises to Aouda for bringing her with him, since he now has to live in poverty and cannot financially support her. Aouda suddenly confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her, which he gladly accepts. He calls for Passepartout to notify the reverend. At the reverend's, Passepartout learns that he is mistaken in the date, which he takes to be Sunday but which actually is Saturday due to the fact that the party travelled east, thereby gaining a full day on their journey around the globe, by crossing the International Date Line. He did not notice this after landing in North America because the only phase of the trip that depended on vehicles departing less often than daily was the Atlantic crossing, and he had hired his own ship for that.
Passepartout hurries back to Fogg, who immediately sets off for the Reform Club, where he arrives just in time to win the wager. Fogg marries Aouda and the journey around the world is complete.
Passepartout and Fogg's Baggage
Passepartout and Fogg carry only a carpet bag with only two shirts and three pairs of stockings each, a mackintosh, a travelling cloak, and a spare pair of shoes. The only book carried is Bradshaw's Continental Railway Steam Transit and General Guide. This contains timetables of trains and steamers. He also carried a huge roll of English banknotes-about twenty thousand pounds. He also left with twenty guineas won at whist, which he soon disposed of.
Background and analysis
Around the World in Eighty Days was written during difficult times, both for France and for Verne. It was during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871) in which Verne was conscripted as a coastguard, he was having money difficulties (his previous works were not paid royalties), his father had died recently, and he had witnessed a public execution which had disturbed him. However despite all this, Verne was excited about his work on the new book, the idea of which came to him one afternoon in a Paris café while reading a newspaper (see "Origins" below).
The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership. In particular three technological breakthroughs occurred in 1869-70 that made a tourist-like around-the-world journey possible for the first time: the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in America (1869), the linking of the Indian railways across the sub-continent (1870), and the opening of the Suez Canal (1869). It was another notable mark in the end of an age of exploration and the start of an age of fully global tourism that could be enjoyed in relative comfort and safety. It sparked the imagination that anyone could sit down, draw up a schedule, buy tickets and travel around the world, a feat previously reserved for only the most heroic and hardy of adventurers.
Verne is often characterised as a futurist or science fiction author but there is not a glimmer of science-fiction in this, his most popular work (at least in English speaking countries). Rather than any futurism, it remains a memorable portrait of the British Empire "on which the sun never sets" shortly before its very peak, drawn by an outsider. It is also interesting to note that, as of 2006, there has never been a critical edition of Around the World in Eighty Days. This is in part due to the poor translations available of his works, the stereotype of "science fiction" or "boys' literature". However, Verne's works were being looked at more seriously in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, with new translations and scholarship appearing. It is also rather interesting to note that the book is a source of common notable English and extended British attitudes in quotes such as, "Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty ... endured the discomfort with true British phlegm, talking little, and scarcely able to catch a glimpse of each other" as seen in Chapter Twelve when the group is being jostled around on the elephant ride across the jungle. Also seen in chapter Twenty-Five, when Phileas Fogg is insulted in San Francisco, and Detective Fix acknowledges that "It was clear that Mr. Fogg was one of those Englishmen who, while they do not tolerate dueling at home, fight abroad when their honor is attacked."
It is interesting to note that The China's departure from New York on the day of Fogg's arrival there constitutes a minor flaw in Verne's logic, because Fogg had already crossed the Pacific without accounting for the International Date Line so his entire journey across North America was apparently conducted with an erroneous belief about the date and day of the week. Had The China sailed in agreement with the published steamer schedule used by Fogg, it would have departed a day later than Fogg expected, and he would have been able to catch it in spite of arriving what he thought was a few minutes late.
The closing date of the novel, 22 December 1872, was also the same date as the serial publication. As it was being published serially for the first time, some readers believed that the journey was actually taking place — bets were placed, and some railway companies and ship liner companies actually lobbied Verne to appear in the book. It is unknown if Verne actually submitted to their requests, but the descriptions of some rail and shipping lines leave some suspicion he was influenced.
Although a journey by hot air balloon has become one of the images most strongly associated with the story, this iconic symbol was never deployed in the book by Verne himself – the idea is briefly brought up in chapter 32, but dismissed, it "would have been highly risky and, in any case, impossible." However the popular 1956 movie adaptation Around the World in Eighty Days floated the balloon idea, and it has now become a part of the mythology of the story, even appearing on book covers. This plot element is reminiscent of Verne's earlier Five Weeks in a Balloon which first made him a well-known author.
Following Towle and d'Anver's 1873 English translation, many people have tried to follow in the footsteps of Fogg's fictional circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints:
* 1889 – Nellie Bly undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the New York World. She managed to do the journey within 72 days. Her book about the trip, Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, became a best seller.
* 1903 – James Willis Sayre, a Seattle theatre critic and arts promoter, set the world record for circling the earth using public transportation exclusively, completing his trip in 54 days, 9 hours, and 42 minutes.
* 1908 – Harry Bensley, on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask.
* 1984 - Nicholas Coleridge emulated Fogg's trip and wrote a book entitled Around the World in 78 Days about his experience.
* 1988 – Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin took a similar challenge without using aircraft as a part of a television travelogue, called Michael Palin: Around the World in 80 Days. He completed the journey in 79 days and 7 hours.
* 1993–present – The Jules Verne Trophy is held by the boat that sails around the world without stopping, and with no outside assistance in the shortest time.
* 2009 - in Around the World in 80 Days twelve celebrities performed a relay version of the journey for the BBC Children In Need charity appeal. This featured a carpet bag.
Origins
The idea of a trip around the world within a set period had clear external origins and was popular before Verne published his book in 1872. Even the title Around the World in Eighty Days is not original to Verne. About six sources have been suggested as the origins of the story:
Greek traveller Pausanias (c. 100 AD) wrote a work that was translated into French in 1797 as Voyage autour du monde ("Around the World"). Verne's friend, Jacques Arago, had written a very popular Voyage autour du monde in 1853. However in 1869/70 the idea of travelling around the world reached critical popular attention when three geographical breakthroughs occurred: the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad in America (1869), the linking of the Indian railways across the sub-continent (1870), and the opening of the Suez Canal (1869). In 1871 appeared Around the World by Steam, via Pacific Railway, published by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and an Around the World in A Hundred and Twenty Days by Edmond Planchut. Between 1869 and 1871, an American William Perry Fogg went around the world describing his tour in a series of letters to the Cleveland Leader, titled Round the World: Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt (1872). Additionally, in early 1870, the Erie Railway Company published a statement of routes, times, and distances detailing a trip around the globe of 23,739 miles in seventy-seven days and twenty-one hours.
In 1872 Thomas Cook organised the first around the world tourist trip, leaving on 20 September 1872 and returning seven months later. The journey was described in a series of letters that were later published in 1873 as Letter from the Sea and from Foreign Lands, Descriptive of a tour Round the World. Scholars have pointed out similarities between Verne's account and Cook's letters, although some argue that Cook's trip happened too late to influence Verne. Verne, according to a second-hand 1898 account, refers to a Thomas Cook advertisement as a source for the idea of his book. In interviews in 1894 and 1904, Verne says the source was "through reading one day in a Paris cafe" and "due merely to a tourist advertisement seen by chance in the columns of a newspaper.” Around the World itself says the origins were a newspaper article. All of these point to Cook's advert as being a probable spark for the idea of the book.
Further, the periodical Le Tour du monde (3 October 1869) contained a short piece entitled "Around the World in Eighty Days", which refers to "140 miles" of railway not yet completed between Allahabad and Bombay, a central point in Verne's work. But even the Le Tour de monde article was not entirely original; it cites in its bibliography the Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Géographie, de l'Histoire et de l'Archéologie (August, 1869), which also contains the title Around the World in Eighty Days in its contents page. The Nouvelles Annales were written by Conrad Malte-Brun (1775—1826) and his son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816—1889). Scholars believe Verne was aware of either the Le Tour de monde article, or the Nouvelles Annales (or both), and consulted it — the 'Le Tour du monde even included a trip schedule very similar to Verne's final version.
A possible inspiration was the traveller George Francis Train, who made four trips around the world, including one in 80 days in 1870. Similarities include the hiring of a private train and his being imprisoned. Train later claimed "Verne stole my thunder. I'm Phileas Fogg."
Regarding the idea of gaining a day, Verne said of its origin: "I have a great number of scientific odds and ends in my head. It was thus that, when, one day in a Paris café, I read in the Siècle that a man could travel around the world in eighty days, it immediately struck me that I could profit by a difference of meridian and make my traveller gain or lose a day in his journey. There was a dénouement ready found. The story was not written until long after. I carry ideas about in my head for years – ten, or fifteen years, sometimes – before giving them form." In his lecture of April 1873 "The Meridians and the Calendar", Verne responded to a question about where the change of day actually occurred, since the international date line had only become current in 1880 and the Greenwich prime meridian was not adopted internationally until 1884. Verne cited an 1872 article in Nature, and Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Three Sundays in a Week" (1841), which was also based on going around the world and the difference in a day linked to a marriage at the end. Verne even analysed Poe's story in his Edgar Poe and His Works (1864).
In summary either the periodical 'Le Tour du monde or the Nouvelles Annales, W. P. Fogg, probably Thomas Cook's advert (and maybe his letters) would be the main likely source for the book. In addition, Poe's short story "Three Sundays in a Week" was clearly the inspiration for the lost day plot device.
Literary significance and criticism
Select quotes:
1. "We will only remind readers en passant of Around the World in Eighty Days, that tour de force of Mr Verne's—and not the first he has produced. Here, however, he has summarised and concentrated himself, so to speak ... No praise of his collected works is strong enough .. they are truly useful, entertaining, poignant, and moral; and Europe and America have merely produced rivals that are remarkably similar to them, but in any case inferior." (Henry Trianon, Le Constitutionnel, December 20, 1873).
2. "His first books, the shortest, Around the World or From the Earth to the Moon, are still the best in my view. However, the works should be judged as a whole rather than in detail, and on their results rather than their intrinsic quality. Over the last forty years, they have had an influence unequalled by any other books on the children of this and every country in Europe. And the influence has been good, in so far as can be judged today." (Léon Blum, L'Humanité, April 3, 1905).
3. "Jules Verne's masterpiece .. stimulated our childhood and taught us more than all the atlases: the taste of adventure and the love of travel. 'Thirty thousand banknotes for you, Captain, if we reach Liverpool within the hour.' This cry of Phileas Fogg's remains for me the call of the sea." (Jean Cocteau, Mon premier voyage (Tour du monde en 80 jours), Gallimard, 1936).
4. "Leo Tolstoy loved his works. 'Jules Verne's novels are matchless', he would say. 'I read them as an adult, and yet I remember they excited me. Jules Verne is an astonishing past master at the art of constructing a story that fascinates and impassions the reader. (Cyril Andreyev, "Preface to the Complete Works", trans. François Hirsch, Europe, 33: 112-113, 22-48).
5. "Jules Verne's work is nothing but a long meditation, a reverie on the straight line—which represents the predication of nature on industry and industry on nature, and which is recounted as a tale of exploration. Title: the adventures of a straight line ... The train.. cleaves through nature, jumps obstacles .. and continues both the actual journey—whose form is a furrow—and the perfect embodiment of human industry. The machine has the additional advantage here of not being isolated in a purpose-built, artificial place, like the factory or all similar structures, but of remaining in permanent and direct contact with the variety of nature." Pierre Macherey (1966).
Adaptations and influences
The book has been adapted many times in different forms.
Theatre
* A 1874 play written by Jules Verne and Adolphe d'Ennery at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, where it was shown 415 times.
* In 1946 Orson Welles produced and starred in Around the World, a musical stage version, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, that was only loosely faithful to Verne's original.
* A musical version, 80 Days, with songs by Ray Davies of The Kinks and a book by playwright Snoo Wilson, directed by Des McAnuff, ran at the Mandell Weiss Theatre in San Diego from August 23 to October 9, 1988. The musical received mixed responses from the critics. Ray Davies's multi-faceted music, McAnuff's directing, and the acting, however, were well received, with the show winning the "Best Musical" award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle.
* In 2001, the story was adapted for the stage by American playwright Mark Brown. In what has been described as "a wildly wacky, unbelievably creative, 90-miles-an-hour, hilarious journey" this award winning stage adaptation is written for five actors who portray thirty-nine characters.
* A stage musical adaptation premiered at the Fulton Opera House, Lancaster, PA in March 2007 with music by Ron Barnett, book and lyrics by Julianne Homokay, and direction by Robin McKercher.
Films
* A 1919 silent black and white parody by director Richard Oswald didn't disguise its use of locations in Germany as placeholders for the international voyage; part of the movie's joke is that Fogg's trip is obviously going to places in and around Berlin. There are no remaining copies of the film available today.
* The best known version was released in 1956, with David Niven and Cantinflas heading a huge cast. Many famous performers play bit parts, and part of the pleasure in this movie is playing "spot the star". The movie earned five Oscars, out of eight nominations. This film was also responsible for the popular misconception that Fogg and company travel by balloon for part of the trip in the novel, which has prompted later adaptations to include similar sequences. See Around the World in Eighty Days (1956 film) for details.
* 1963 saw the release of The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze. In this parody, the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita) are cast as the menservants of Phileas Fogg III (Jay Sheffield), great-grandson of the original around-the-world voyager. When Phileas Fogg III is tricked into replicating his ancestor's feat of circumnavigation, Larry, Moe, and Curly-Joe dutifully accompany their master. Along the way, the boys get into and out of trouble in typical Stooge fashion.
* In 1983 the basic idea was expanded to a galactic scope in Japan's Ginga Shippu Sasuraiger, where a team of adventurers travel through the galaxy in a train-like ship that can transform into a giant robot. The characters are travelling to different planets in order to return within a certain period and win a bet.
* The story was again adapted for the screen in the 2004 film Around the World in 80 Days, starring Jackie Chan as Passepartout and Steve Coogan as Fogg. This version makes Passepartout the hero and the thief of the treasure of the Bank; Fogg's character is an eccentric inventor who bets a rival scientist that he can travel the world with (then) modern means of transportation.
TV
* An episode of the American television series, Have Gun – Will Travel, entitled "Fogg Bound", had the series' hero, Palladin (Richard Boone), escorting Phileas Fogg (Patric Knowles) through part of his journey. This episode was broadcasted by CBS on December 3, 1960.
* A 1989 three-part TV mini-series starred Pierce Brosnan as Fogg, Eric Idle as Passepartout, Peter Ustinov as Fix and several TV stars in cameo roles. The heroes travel a slightly different route than in the book and the script makes several contemporary celebrities part of the story who were not mentioned in the book. See Around the World in 80 Days (TV miniseries) for details.
* The BBC along with Michael Palin (of Monty Python fame) created a 1989 television travel series following the book's path. It was one of many travelogues Michael Palin has done with the BBC and was a commercially successful transition from his comedic career. The latest series in a similar format was Michael Palin's New Europe in 2007.
* Around the World in 80 Days, a six part 2009 BBC One show in which twelve celebrities attempt to travel the world in aid of the Children in Need appeal. This featured a carpet bag similar to one carried by Fogg and Passeportout.
Animation
* An Indian Fantasy Story is an unfinished French/English co-production from 1938, featuring the wager at the Reform Club and the rescue of the Indian Princess. It was never completed as a full feature film.
* Around the World in 79 Days, a serial segment on the Hanna-Barbera show The Cattanooga Cats from 1969 to 1971.
* Around the World in 80 Days from 1972 by American studio Rankin/Bass with Japanese Mushi productions as part of the Festival of Family Classics series.
* A one-season cartoon series Around the World in 80 Days from 1972 by Australian Air Programs International. NBC aired the series in the US during the 1972-73 season on Saturday mornings.
* Puss 'N Boots Travels Around the World, a 1976 anime from Toei Animation
* A Walt Disney adaptation was produced in 1986. It featured Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy as the main characters.
* Around the World with Willy Fog by Spanish studio BRB Internacional from 1981 with a second season produced in 1993. This series depicts the characters as talking animals, and, despite adding some new characters and making some superficial modifications to the original story, it remains one of the most accurate adaptations of the book made for film or television. The show has gained a cult following in Finland, Britain, Germany and Spain. The first season is "Around the World in 80 Days", and the second season is "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"; all three books are by Jules Verne.
* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure is a direct-to-video cartoon by Warner Brothers from 2000 starring the Looney Tunes characters. It takes a great many liberties with the original story, but the central idea is still there - indeed, one of the songs in this film is entitled Around the World in Eighty Days. Tweety not only had to travel the world, he had to also collect 80 cat pawprints, all while evading the constant pursuits of Slyvester. This movie frequently appears on various US-based cable TV networks.
* "Around the World in 80 Narfs" is a Pinky and the Brain episode where the Brain claims to be able to make the travel in less than 80 days and the Pompous Explorers club agrees to make him their new president. With this, the Brain expects to be UK's new Prime Minister, what he considers back at that time, the fastest way to take over the world.
* A Mickey Mouse episode shows the effort of Mickey to get around the world in 80 days with the help of Goofy. The cartoon made reference to the ending of the novel. They realise they have a day extra by hearing church bells on what they believe to be a Monday. This referenced the ending with the vicar in the church.
Exhibitions
* "Around the World in 80 Days", group show curated by Jens Hoffman at the ICA London 2006
Cultural references
* "Around the Universe in 80 Days" is a song by the Canadian band Klaatu, and makes reference to a spaceship travelling around the galaxy, coming home to find the Earth second from the Sun. It was originally included on the 1977 album "Hope", but also appears on at least two compilations.
* There are at least four board games by this name.
* Worlds of Fun, an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, was conceived using the novel as its theme. It uses the hot air balloon in its logo, and the park's layout is based on world geography.
Argentinian avant-garde writer Julio Cortazar wrote in 1967 his book titled Around the Day in Eighty Worlds.
这部故事题为“冰岛怪兽”，估计没有一个人会相信它。这无关紧要，我仍认为将它公诸于世确有必要。相信也好，不相信也好，悉听尊便吧！
这个饶有兴味而又惊心动魄的冒险故事，始于德索拉西翁①群岛。恐怕再也设想不出比这更合适的地点了。这个岛名是一七七九年库克②船长给它起的。我在那里小住过几个星期，根据我的所见所闻，我可以肯定地说，著名英国航海家给它起的这个凄惨的名字，是完全名副其实的，“荒凉群岛”，这个岛名就足以说明一切了。
这个饶有兴味而又惊心动魄的冒险故事，始于德索拉西翁①群岛。恐怕再也设想不出比这更合适的地点了。这个岛名是一七七九年库克②船长给它起的。我在那里小住过几个星期，根据我的所见所闻，我可以肯定地说，著名英国航海家给它起的这个凄惨的名字，是完全名副其实的，“荒凉群岛”，这个岛名就足以说明一切了。
这是 1873 年 2 月 2 日，帆船“浪子”号正航行在南纬 43°57′，西经165°19′。这是一艘载重 400 吨的捕鲸船，船上各式各样的设备都是从旧金山装备起来的。它的船主是惠尔顿，是加利福尼亚州一位富有的船队队长，胡尔做这船的船长已经好几年了。
每到捕鲸季节，惠尔顿就会命令船队北上南下，向北穿过白令海峡直到北冰洋，向南则过合恩角直到南极洲。“浪子”号是惠尔顿的船队中最小的一条捕鲸船，但它设备先进，操作简便，只用几个船员就敢到南半球的冰山中去冒险。富有经验的胡尔船长很善于在这些冰山中间为“浪子”号找到一条巧妙的通道。这些冰山在夏季能漂流到新西兰和好望角所在的那个纬度，比北冰洋冰山所能漂流的距离要远得多。这些冰山本来体积就不太大，加上沿途的碰撞和温暖的海流，所以它们大部分会消失在太平洋或大西洋中。
Themes explored in the novel include:
* The painful learning of adult life - the hero, Dick Sand, must assume command of a ship after the disappearance of its captain.
* The discovery of entomology
* Condemnation of slavery
* Revenge
Plot
Dick Sand is a fifteen year old boy serving on the schooner "Pilgrim" as a sailor. The crew are whale hunters that voyage every year down to New Zealand. After an unsuccessful season of hunting, as they plan to return the wife of the owner of the hunting firm, Mrs Weldon, her five year old son Jack Weldon and her cousin, Bénédict, an entomologist ask for a return passege to San Francisco. Several days into the journey they save five shipwrecked passengers from another ship and a dog who was with them at the time (Tom, Actéon, Austin, Bat, Nan and Dingo (the dog)). Towards the end of their passage, they notice a whale and the crew, hoping for some profit after a bad season, decide to hunt it. Captain Hull reluctantly leaves Dick responsible for the ship. But the hunt goes awry and all the crew members are killed. Now Dick is left in charge of the ship with no experienced sailors to help him. He tries to teach the five survivors of the shipwreck and tries to reach the coast of South America, but Negoro, the ship's cook manages to trick them, breaking one of their compasses and their speed measuring device and eventually, after making sure the rest were lost, leads them to equatorial Africa.
List of characters
These names are as given in the original French version:
* Dick Sand
* Actéon
* Alvez
* Austin
* Bat
* Cousin Bénédict
* Coïmbra
* Dingo
* Halima
* Harris
* Big D
* Hercule, a recurring Verne character, here given the pseudonym Mgannga
* Howik
* Captain Hull
* Ibn Hamis
* Moina
* Moini Loungga
* Munito
* Nan
* Negoro
* Tipo-Tipo
* Tom
* Samuel Vernon
* Jack Weldon
* James-W. Weldon
* Mrs. Weldon
每到捕鲸季节，惠尔顿就会命令船队北上南下，向北穿过白令海峡直到北冰洋，向南则过合恩角直到南极洲。“浪子”号是惠尔顿的船队中最小的一条捕鲸船，但它设备先进，操作简便，只用几个船员就敢到南半球的冰山中去冒险。富有经验的胡尔船长很善于在这些冰山中间为“浪子”号找到一条巧妙的通道。这些冰山在夏季能漂流到新西兰和好望角所在的那个纬度，比北冰洋冰山所能漂流的距离要远得多。这些冰山本来体积就不太大，加上沿途的碰撞和温暖的海流，所以它们大部分会消失在太平洋或大西洋中。
Themes explored in the novel include:
* The painful learning of adult life - the hero, Dick Sand, must assume command of a ship after the disappearance of its captain.
* The discovery of entomology
* Condemnation of slavery
* Revenge
Plot
Dick Sand is a fifteen year old boy serving on the schooner "Pilgrim" as a sailor. The crew are whale hunters that voyage every year down to New Zealand. After an unsuccessful season of hunting, as they plan to return the wife of the owner of the hunting firm, Mrs Weldon, her five year old son Jack Weldon and her cousin, Bénédict, an entomologist ask for a return passege to San Francisco. Several days into the journey they save five shipwrecked passengers from another ship and a dog who was with them at the time (Tom, Actéon, Austin, Bat, Nan and Dingo (the dog)). Towards the end of their passage, they notice a whale and the crew, hoping for some profit after a bad season, decide to hunt it. Captain Hull reluctantly leaves Dick responsible for the ship. But the hunt goes awry and all the crew members are killed. Now Dick is left in charge of the ship with no experienced sailors to help him. He tries to teach the five survivors of the shipwreck and tries to reach the coast of South America, but Negoro, the ship's cook manages to trick them, breaking one of their compasses and their speed measuring device and eventually, after making sure the rest were lost, leads them to equatorial Africa.
List of characters
These names are as given in the original French version:
* Dick Sand
* Actéon
* Alvez
* Austin
* Bat
* Cousin Bénédict
* Coïmbra
* Dingo
* Halima
* Harris
* Big D
* Hercule, a recurring Verne character, here given the pseudonym Mgannga
* Howik
* Captain Hull
* Ibn Hamis
* Moina
* Moini Loungga
* Munito
* Nan
* Negoro
* Tipo-Tipo
* Tom
* Samuel Vernon
* Jack Weldon
* James-W. Weldon
* Mrs. Weldon
我们是卡尔费马特镇上的小学的一群孩子，总共 30 来人，20 来个 6 岁至12 岁的男孩子，10 来个 4 岁至 9 岁的小姑娘。如果你想知道这个小镇的正确位置，根据我的地图册第 47 页，这是在瑞士信奉天主教的一个州里，离康斯坦茨湖①不远，在阿邦泽尔②的群山脚下。
1854年2月27日，有两个人躺在奥兰治河边一棵高大的垂柳下，一边闲谈一边全神贯注地观察着河面。这条被荷兰殖民者称作格鲁特河，被土著霍顿督人称作加列普的奥兰治河，可以与非洲大陆的三大动脉：尼罗河、尼日尔河和赞比西河相提并论。像这三大河流一样，它也有自己的高水位、急流和瀑布。几位在奥兰治河部分流域很知名的旅行家：汤普森、亚历山大、波切尔，都相继赞叹其河水清澈，两岸风光绮丽。
奥兰治河在这一地段临近约克公爵山脉，呈现出一派壮丽的景观。那些无法攀越的岩石，巨大的石堆，被岁月无情矿化的粗大树干和未经殖民者的斧头开凿的难以进入的原始老林，在加列班山脉的环绕下，形成了一方无以比拟的壮观景色。河水在这里由于河床太窄受到挟制，河床也因此不能承受而突然塌陷，水流于是从400法尺①的高处飞流直泻下来。瀑布的上流，是一挂简简单单的翻腾不止的水帘，被几块岩石探出垂饰着绿色枝条的脑袋划破了。在瀑布的下方。肉眼只能看到一潭汹涌的阴沉沉的水涡，一团浓重潮湿、被阳光的七色光柱划出道纹的水雾笼罩在上面。令人烦躁的哗哗水声从深潭中发出来，又被山谷扩大成了巨大的回响。
Plot introduction
Three Russian and three English scientists depart to South Africa to measure the meridian. As their mission is proceeding, the Crimean war breaks out, and the members of the expedition find themselves citizens of enemy countries. This novel can be found under alternate titles such as "Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth," "Measuring a Meridian" and "Meridiana or Adventures in South Africa."
奥兰治河在这一地段临近约克公爵山脉，呈现出一派壮丽的景观。那些无法攀越的岩石，巨大的石堆，被岁月无情矿化的粗大树干和未经殖民者的斧头开凿的难以进入的原始老林，在加列班山脉的环绕下，形成了一方无以比拟的壮观景色。河水在这里由于河床太窄受到挟制，河床也因此不能承受而突然塌陷，水流于是从400法尺①的高处飞流直泻下来。瀑布的上流，是一挂简简单单的翻腾不止的水帘，被几块岩石探出垂饰着绿色枝条的脑袋划破了。在瀑布的下方。肉眼只能看到一潭汹涌的阴沉沉的水涡，一团浓重潮湿、被阳光的七色光柱划出道纹的水雾笼罩在上面。令人烦躁的哗哗水声从深潭中发出来，又被山谷扩大成了巨大的回响。
Plot introduction
Three Russian and three English scientists depart to South Africa to measure the meridian. As their mission is proceeding, the Crimean war breaks out, and the members of the expedition find themselves citizens of enemy countries. This novel can be found under alternate titles such as "Adventures in the Land of the Behemoth," "Measuring a Meridian" and "Meridiana or Adventures in South Africa."
“这些英国报纸编得真好！”和善的大夫仰靠在一张大皮扶手椅里自言自语地说。
萨拉赞大夫一辈子就这么自言自语的，这是他的消遣方式之一种。
他年已五十，眉目清秀，眼睛有神，清澈亮晶，戴着一副金属架眼镜，相貌既严肃又和蔼可亲，让人一看就是一个正人君子。这天早晨，尽管他此刻衣着并不十分考究，但却早已刮好脸，结上了白领带了。
萨拉赞大夫一辈子就这么自言自语的，这是他的消遣方式之一种。
他年已五十，眉目清秀，眼睛有神，清澈亮晶，戴着一副金属架眼镜，相貌既严肃又和蔼可亲，让人一看就是一个正人君子。这天早晨，尽管他此刻衣着并不十分考究，但却早已刮好脸，结上了白领带了。
“明天落潮的时候，船长K.Z.、大副理查德·山敦将率领‘前进’号从新王子码头出发，驶向陌生的海域。”
这就是人们在1860年4月5日的“利物浦先驱报”上读到的内容。
对于英国最繁忙的商业港口来说，一艘船离港并不是什么大不了的事。谁会在各种吨位、各个国家的轮船当中注意到两里①的浮动船坞容纳这么多船有困难？
①古海里，约合5.556公里。
然而，4月6日一早，一大群人聚集在新王子码头上，城里海员行会里数不清的人看起来像在这里碰头。附近的工人放下他们手中的活计，批发商离开了他们阴暗的柜台，商人们离开了他们冷冷清清的商店。沿着船坞外墙排列的五颜六色的公共马车每分钟都运来一些好奇的乘客；整个城市看起来只在忙活一件事：观看“前进”号的起航。
The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). Although it was the first book of the series it was labeled as number two. Three Verne's books from 1863-65 (Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon) were added into the series retroactively. Captain Hatteras shows many similarities with British explorer John Franklin.
Plot summary
The novel, set in 1861, described adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition. On the shore of the island of "New America" he discovers the remains of a ship used by the previous expedition from the United States. Doctor Clawbonny recalls in mind the plan of the real Ice palace, constructed completely from ice in Russia in 1740 to build a snow-house, where they should spend a winter. The travellers winter on the island and survive mainly due to the ingenuity of Doctor Clawbonny (who is able to make fire with an ice lens, make bullets from frozen mercury and repel attacks by polar bears with remotely controlled explosions of black powder).
When the winter ends the sea becomes ice-free. The travellers build a boat from the shipwreck and head towards the pole. Here they discover an island, an active volcano, and name it after Hatteras. With difficulty a fjord is found and the group get ashore. After three hours climbing they reach the mouth of the volcano. The exact location of the pole is in the crater and Hatteras jumps into it. As the sequence was originally written, Hatteras perishes in the crater; Verne's editor, Jules Hetzel, suggested or rather required that Verne do a rewrite so that Hatteras survives but is driven insane by the intensity of the experience, and after return to England he is put into an asylum for the insane. Losing his "soul" in the cavern of the North Pole, Hatteras never speaks another word. He spends the remainder of his days walking the streets surrounding the asylum with his faithful dog Duke. While mute and deaf to the world Hatteras' walks are not without a direction. As indicated by the last line "Captain Hatteras forever marches northward".
New America
New America (Nouvelle-Amerique) in map of Captain Hatteras' voyage
New America is the name given to a large Arctic island, a northward extension of Ellesmere Island, as discovered by Captain John Hatteras and his crew. Its features include, on the west coast, Victoria Bay, Cape Washington, Johnson Island, Bell Mountain, and Fort Providence, and at its northern point (87°5′N 118°35′W / 87.083°N 118.583°W / 87.083; -118.583), Altamont Harbour.
As with many of Verne's imaginative creations, his description of Arctic geography was based on scientific knowledge at the time the novel was written (1866) but foreshadowed future discoveries. Ellesmere Island had been re-discovered and named by Edward Inglefield in 1852 and further explored by Isaac Israel Hayes in 1860-61. Forty years after the novel's publication, in 1906, Robert Peary claimed to have sighted Crocker Land around 83° N, and in 1909, Frederick Cook sighted Bradley Land at 85° N, both at locations occupied by Verne's New America. Cook's choice of route may actually have been inspired by his reading of Verne.
The land is named by Captain Altamont, an American explorer, who is first to set foot on the land. In the novel as published, it is unclear whether New America is meant to be a territorial claim for the United States. As William Butcher points out, this would not be surprising, since Verne wrote about the US acquisition of Alaska in The Fur Country, and Lincoln Island is proposed as a US possession in The Mysterious Island. In fact, a deleted chapter, "John Bull and Jonathan," had Hatteras and Altamont dueling for the privilege of claiming the land for their respective countries.
In popular culture
In 1912, Georges Méliès made a film based on the story entitled Conquest of the Pole (French: Conquête du pôle).
这就是人们在1860年4月5日的“利物浦先驱报”上读到的内容。
对于英国最繁忙的商业港口来说，一艘船离港并不是什么大不了的事。谁会在各种吨位、各个国家的轮船当中注意到两里①的浮动船坞容纳这么多船有困难？
①古海里，约合5.556公里。
然而，4月6日一早，一大群人聚集在新王子码头上，城里海员行会里数不清的人看起来像在这里碰头。附近的工人放下他们手中的活计，批发商离开了他们阴暗的柜台，商人们离开了他们冷冷清清的商店。沿着船坞外墙排列的五颜六色的公共马车每分钟都运来一些好奇的乘客；整个城市看起来只在忙活一件事：观看“前进”号的起航。
The novel was published for the first time in 1864. The definitive version from 1866 was included into Voyages Extraordinaires series (The Extraordinary Voyages). Although it was the first book of the series it was labeled as number two. Three Verne's books from 1863-65 (Five Weeks in a Balloon, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and From the Earth to the Moon) were added into the series retroactively. Captain Hatteras shows many similarities with British explorer John Franklin.
Plot summary
The novel, set in 1861, described adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mutiny by the crew results in destruction of their ship but Hatteras, with a few men, continues on the expedition. On the shore of the island of "New America" he discovers the remains of a ship used by the previous expedition from the United States. Doctor Clawbonny recalls in mind the plan of the real Ice palace, constructed completely from ice in Russia in 1740 to build a snow-house, where they should spend a winter. The travellers winter on the island and survive mainly due to the ingenuity of Doctor Clawbonny (who is able to make fire with an ice lens, make bullets from frozen mercury and repel attacks by polar bears with remotely controlled explosions of black powder).
When the winter ends the sea becomes ice-free. The travellers build a boat from the shipwreck and head towards the pole. Here they discover an island, an active volcano, and name it after Hatteras. With difficulty a fjord is found and the group get ashore. After three hours climbing they reach the mouth of the volcano. The exact location of the pole is in the crater and Hatteras jumps into it. As the sequence was originally written, Hatteras perishes in the crater; Verne's editor, Jules Hetzel, suggested or rather required that Verne do a rewrite so that Hatteras survives but is driven insane by the intensity of the experience, and after return to England he is put into an asylum for the insane. Losing his "soul" in the cavern of the North Pole, Hatteras never speaks another word. He spends the remainder of his days walking the streets surrounding the asylum with his faithful dog Duke. While mute and deaf to the world Hatteras' walks are not without a direction. As indicated by the last line "Captain Hatteras forever marches northward".
New America
New America (Nouvelle-Amerique) in map of Captain Hatteras' voyage
New America is the name given to a large Arctic island, a northward extension of Ellesmere Island, as discovered by Captain John Hatteras and his crew. Its features include, on the west coast, Victoria Bay, Cape Washington, Johnson Island, Bell Mountain, and Fort Providence, and at its northern point (87°5′N 118°35′W / 87.083°N 118.583°W / 87.083; -118.583), Altamont Harbour.
As with many of Verne's imaginative creations, his description of Arctic geography was based on scientific knowledge at the time the novel was written (1866) but foreshadowed future discoveries. Ellesmere Island had been re-discovered and named by Edward Inglefield in 1852 and further explored by Isaac Israel Hayes in 1860-61. Forty years after the novel's publication, in 1906, Robert Peary claimed to have sighted Crocker Land around 83° N, and in 1909, Frederick Cook sighted Bradley Land at 85° N, both at locations occupied by Verne's New America. Cook's choice of route may actually have been inspired by his reading of Verne.
The land is named by Captain Altamont, an American explorer, who is first to set foot on the land. In the novel as published, it is unclear whether New America is meant to be a territorial claim for the United States. As William Butcher points out, this would not be surprising, since Verne wrote about the US acquisition of Alaska in The Fur Country, and Lincoln Island is proposed as a US possession in The Mysterious Island. In fact, a deleted chapter, "John Bull and Jonathan," had Hatteras and Altamont dueling for the privilege of claiming the land for their respective countries.
In popular culture
In 1912, Georges Méliès made a film based on the story entitled Conquest of the Pole (French: Conquête du pôle).
这个故事富于浪漫的传奇色彩，但绝非无聊的杜撰。但是否因它描述的并非真情实物，就可能得出结论，说这个故事不是真的呢？如果那样想就大错而特错了。我们生活的时代什么都可能发生，甚至有理由认为一切都已发生在这个时代。如果这个故事在今天看来太过玄妙，但明天它必成为真实。科学的发展保证了现在和未来的繁荣昌盛，没人会简单地把本故事与一般的传说等同起来。况且处在这个重实际、讲实效的19世纪末，神怪传说早已不吃香了。布列塔尼不再是凶恶的矮妖横行的土地，苏格兰也不盛传善良的小精灵和地精，挪威也无谓阿则、厄尔弗、西贝弗、瓦尔甚男诸神的故土，甚至特兰西瓦尼亚的神秘幽深的喀尔巴阡山脉中也不再是鬼影憧憧了。但还得注意的是，特兰西瓦尼亚地区的人还是对远古时代的各种迷信传说深信不疑。
Title
The original French title was Le Château des Carpathes and in English there are some alternate titles, such as The Castle of the Carpathians and Rodolphe de Gortz; or the Castle of the Carpathians.
Synopsis
In the village of Werst in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania (then part of Austria-Hungary, today part of Romania), some mysterious things are occurring and the villagers believe that Chort (the devil) occupies the castle. A visitor of the region, Count Franz de Télek, is intrigued by the stories and decides to go to the castle and investigate and finds that the owner of the castle is Baron Rodolphe de Gortz, one of his acquaintances, as years ago, they were rivals for the affections of the celebrated Italian prima donna La Stilla. The Count thought that La Stilla was dead, but he sees her image and voice coming from the castle, but we later on find that it was only a holographic image.
Title
The original French title was Le Château des Carpathes and in English there are some alternate titles, such as The Castle of the Carpathians and Rodolphe de Gortz; or the Castle of the Carpathians.
Synopsis
In the village of Werst in the Carpathian mountains of Transylvania (then part of Austria-Hungary, today part of Romania), some mysterious things are occurring and the villagers believe that Chort (the devil) occupies the castle. A visitor of the region, Count Franz de Télek, is intrigued by the stories and decides to go to the castle and investigate and finds that the owner of the castle is Baron Rodolphe de Gortz, one of his acquaintances, as years ago, they were rivals for the affections of the celebrated Italian prima donna La Stilla. The Count thought that La Stilla was dead, but he sees her image and voice coming from the castle, but we later on find that it was only a holographic image.
此篇为凡尔纳的代表作之一，《地心游记》讲述李登布罗克教授在一本古老的书籍里偶然得到了一张羊皮纸，发现前人曾到地心旅行，李登布罗克教授决心也作同样的旅行。他和侄子从汉堡出发，到冰岛请一位向导，他们按照前人的指引，由冰岛的一个火山口下降，经过三个月的旅行，历尽艰险和种种奇观，最后回到了地面。
同名电影
中文名:地心游记
英文名:Journey to the Center of the Earth
其他中文片名：地心探险记
其他影片别名：Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth / Trip to the Center of the Earth
《地心游记》《地心游记》
类型：冒险 / 科幻 / 幻想
发行年代：1959
导演： Henry Levin
编剧： Charles Brackett / Robert Burns /
上映日期：法国：2005-03-23 / 法国：1999-12-08 /
宣传语：A fabulous world below the world
演员表： Robert Adler .... Groom
Molly Roden .... Housekeeper (uncredited)
Mollie Glessing .... News vendor (uncredited)
Peter Wright .... Laird (uncredited)
Arlene Dahl .... Mrs. Carla Goetaborg
Peter Ronson .... Hans Belker
Mary Brady .... Kirsty (uncredited)
Frederick Halliday .... Chancellor (uncredited)
Robert 'Red' Gene West .... Bearded Man at Newspaper Stand/University Student (uncredited)
Kendrick Huxham .... Scots newsman (uncredited)
国家/地区：美国
对白语言：英语
级别：Australia:PG / Finland:K-12 / Iceland:Unrated / UK:U / USA:G
剧情梗概：
根据十九世纪法国科幻作家凡尔纳大作《地心游记》改编的作品。讲述李登布罗克教授在一本古老的书籍里偶然得到了一张羊皮纸，发现前人曾到地心旅行，李登布罗克教授决心也作同样的旅行。他和侄子从汉堡出发，到冰岛请一位向导，他们按照前人的指引，由冰岛的一个火山口下降，经过三个月的旅行，历尽艰险和种种奇观，最后回到了地面。
《地心游记》-本片相关影评
被拍坏掉的冒险电影
——看《地心游记》
事实上，如果不是看到布兰登的大名，我想自己也不会观看《地心游记》。一直以来，对大多数科幻不甚感冒。
影片开始，当肖恩（乔什•哈彻森饰）跟着教授（布兰登•弗雷泽饰）出现在汉娜（安妮塔•布里姆饰）的家中时，电影的结局便变得毫无悬念——无论怎样曲折、惊险，坚决捍卫皆大欢喜的大团圆式结局的好莱坞，绝不敢冒天下之大不韪拿一个孩子与男、女主角的生命安全当做儿戏。
电影刚开始，当三人不断地从一个高度跌落到另外一个高度时，虽然在铁轨飞车片段看到《夺宝奇兵》里似曾相识的画面，在坠洞的情节也隐隐看得到《魔窟》和《暗夜袭击》的影子，着实吊足胃口，但当浑身荧光闪烁的小鸟飞出来时，一切对冒险片的期盼便顷刻间化为乌有。
整部片子的所谓特技，效果极为一般。总感觉要么太过，要么太假，背景与人物、道具什么的，缺乏一种真实的融合感——尤其在地心里的海洋波涛汹涌与巨大的史前巨兽吞吃牙齿怪异的鱼类时，那些特技场景粗糙得甚至有些令人倒胃口。不知道是不是由于没有配合3D眼镜，总之，平面视角没能感受到来自画面的冲击。
英雄救美、逢凶化吉、义救亲侄的剧情老套不说，且天马行空编撰的地球内部构造（倒退一百年也许还能蒙得过）完全与真实的地质构造大相庭径——地心里还有恐龙，乖乖，两千多度，怕是铁龙也早化成蒸龙了吧？就算翻拍，也无法谅解编剧的死脑筋，如今的观众也许人人都念过几天书，谁都对地球的构造有一个定势的科学认知，你这样生搬硬套翻过期旧挂历，能打动观众的眼球？
而布兰登扮演的教授角色，在本片前半部分和后半部分的急剧转型，恐怕是最不能容忍的。原本布兰登在《泰山》和《盗墓迷城》系列中，留给大家都是一种有点玩世不恭但胆识过人的大男孩印象——就算在《盗墓迷城3》中布兰登的孩子都恋爱了，但在心目中这种印象依旧——而在本剧中，前半部分似乎导演想把布兰登刻意塑造成一个笨手笨脚、学识渊博，甚至不拘小节的迂腐学者形象。孰料进入地心深处后，这个刚还连倒挂金钩自救都不会的呆笨更年期科学家旋即改头换面——那个玩世不恭、威风凛凛的大男孩回来啦，身手敏捷地拯救自己的侄子和美人于数千公里深的地心中。
一句话，整部影片被拍坏掉了。
From a scientific point of view, this story has not aged quite as well as other Verne stories, since most of his ideas about what the interior of the Earth contains have since been soundly refuted. However, a redeeming point to the story is Verne's own belief, told within the novel from the viewpoint of a character, that the inside of the Earth does indeed differ from that which the characters anticipate. One of Verne's main ideas with his stories was also to educate the readers, and by placing the different extinct creatures the characters meet in their correct geological era, he is able to show how the world looked a long time ago, stretching from the ice age to the dinosaurs.
The book was inspired by Charles Lyell's Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man of 1863 (and probably also influenced by Lyell's earlier ground-breaking work "Principles Of Geology", published 1830 - 33). By that time geologists had abandoned a literal biblical account of Earth's development and it was generally thought that the end of the last glacial period marked the first appearance of humanity, but Lyell drew on new findings to put the origin of human beings much further back in the deep geological past. Lyell's book also influenced Louis Figuier's 1867 second edition of La Terre avant le déluge which included dramatic illustrations of savage men and women wearing animal skins and wielding stone axes, in place of the Garden of Eden shown in the 1863 edition.
同名电影
中文名:地心游记
英文名:Journey to the Center of the Earth
其他中文片名：地心探险记
其他影片别名：Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth / Trip to the Center of the Earth
《地心游记》《地心游记》
类型：冒险 / 科幻 / 幻想
发行年代：1959
导演： Henry Levin
编剧： Charles Brackett / Robert Burns /
上映日期：法国：2005-03-23 / 法国：1999-12-08 /
宣传语：A fabulous world below the world
演员表： Robert Adler .... Groom
Molly Roden .... Housekeeper (uncredited)
Mollie Glessing .... News vendor (uncredited)
Peter Wright .... Laird (uncredited)
Arlene Dahl .... Mrs. Carla Goetaborg
Peter Ronson .... Hans Belker
Mary Brady .... Kirsty (uncredited)
Frederick Halliday .... Chancellor (uncredited)
Robert 'Red' Gene West .... Bearded Man at Newspaper Stand/University Student (uncredited)
Kendrick Huxham .... Scots newsman (uncredited)
国家/地区：美国
对白语言：英语
级别：Australia:PG / Finland:K-12 / Iceland:Unrated / UK:U / USA:G
剧情梗概：
根据十九世纪法国科幻作家凡尔纳大作《地心游记》改编的作品。讲述李登布罗克教授在一本古老的书籍里偶然得到了一张羊皮纸，发现前人曾到地心旅行，李登布罗克教授决心也作同样的旅行。他和侄子从汉堡出发，到冰岛请一位向导，他们按照前人的指引，由冰岛的一个火山口下降，经过三个月的旅行，历尽艰险和种种奇观，最后回到了地面。
《地心游记》-本片相关影评
被拍坏掉的冒险电影
——看《地心游记》
事实上，如果不是看到布兰登的大名，我想自己也不会观看《地心游记》。一直以来，对大多数科幻不甚感冒。
影片开始，当肖恩（乔什•哈彻森饰）跟着教授（布兰登•弗雷泽饰）出现在汉娜（安妮塔•布里姆饰）的家中时，电影的结局便变得毫无悬念——无论怎样曲折、惊险，坚决捍卫皆大欢喜的大团圆式结局的好莱坞，绝不敢冒天下之大不韪拿一个孩子与男、女主角的生命安全当做儿戏。
电影刚开始，当三人不断地从一个高度跌落到另外一个高度时，虽然在铁轨飞车片段看到《夺宝奇兵》里似曾相识的画面，在坠洞的情节也隐隐看得到《魔窟》和《暗夜袭击》的影子，着实吊足胃口，但当浑身荧光闪烁的小鸟飞出来时，一切对冒险片的期盼便顷刻间化为乌有。
整部片子的所谓特技，效果极为一般。总感觉要么太过，要么太假，背景与人物、道具什么的，缺乏一种真实的融合感——尤其在地心里的海洋波涛汹涌与巨大的史前巨兽吞吃牙齿怪异的鱼类时，那些特技场景粗糙得甚至有些令人倒胃口。不知道是不是由于没有配合3D眼镜，总之，平面视角没能感受到来自画面的冲击。
英雄救美、逢凶化吉、义救亲侄的剧情老套不说，且天马行空编撰的地球内部构造（倒退一百年也许还能蒙得过）完全与真实的地质构造大相庭径——地心里还有恐龙，乖乖，两千多度，怕是铁龙也早化成蒸龙了吧？就算翻拍，也无法谅解编剧的死脑筋，如今的观众也许人人都念过几天书，谁都对地球的构造有一个定势的科学认知，你这样生搬硬套翻过期旧挂历，能打动观众的眼球？
而布兰登扮演的教授角色，在本片前半部分和后半部分的急剧转型，恐怕是最不能容忍的。原本布兰登在《泰山》和《盗墓迷城》系列中，留给大家都是一种有点玩世不恭但胆识过人的大男孩印象——就算在《盗墓迷城3》中布兰登的孩子都恋爱了，但在心目中这种印象依旧——而在本剧中，前半部分似乎导演想把布兰登刻意塑造成一个笨手笨脚、学识渊博，甚至不拘小节的迂腐学者形象。孰料进入地心深处后，这个刚还连倒挂金钩自救都不会的呆笨更年期科学家旋即改头换面——那个玩世不恭、威风凛凛的大男孩回来啦，身手敏捷地拯救自己的侄子和美人于数千公里深的地心中。
一句话，整部影片被拍坏掉了。
From a scientific point of view, this story has not aged quite as well as other Verne stories, since most of his ideas about what the interior of the Earth contains have since been soundly refuted. However, a redeeming point to the story is Verne's own belief, told within the novel from the viewpoint of a character, that the inside of the Earth does indeed differ from that which the characters anticipate. One of Verne's main ideas with his stories was also to educate the readers, and by placing the different extinct creatures the characters meet in their correct geological era, he is able to show how the world looked a long time ago, stretching from the ice age to the dinosaurs.
The book was inspired by Charles Lyell's Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man of 1863 (and probably also influenced by Lyell's earlier ground-breaking work "Principles Of Geology", published 1830 - 33). By that time geologists had abandoned a literal biblical account of Earth's development and it was generally thought that the end of the last glacial period marked the first appearance of humanity, but Lyell drew on new findings to put the origin of human beings much further back in the deep geological past. Lyell's book also influenced Louis Figuier's 1867 second edition of La Terre avant le déluge which included dramatic illustrations of savage men and women wearing animal skins and wielding stone axes, in place of the Garden of Eden shown in the 1863 edition.
1825年10月18日，一艘精心打造的西班牙军舰“亚洲号”，与另一艘配有8门大炮的双桅横帆船“康斯坦齐亚号”在格让岛解缆开航了。格让岛是马里亚那群岛的一部分。
船上的水手伙食差，待遇低。在开往西班牙的6个月的航程中，他们困顿不堪，正密谋策动一次哗变。
和“亚洲号”上的水手相比，“康斯坦齐亚号”上的水手生性更加顽劣乖张。它由船长唐·奥特华指挥。这个人是个有着铮铮铁骨的硬汉子，从来都不服输，但这艘船的航程却因屡次受阻而进程缓慢。显然，有人在故意捣乱。就在这个时候，唐·罗克指挥下的“亚洲号”也不得不入驶港口。
有天晚上，罗盘仪被打得稀巴烂，谁也弄不明白是怎么回事。又有一天晚上，前桅的左右支索像给人砍断了似的，轰然垮了下来，桅上的帆和索具全落到甲板上。再后来，舵绳在几次重要的机动操作中两度莫名其妙地绷断了。
The story was first published in July 1851 under the title "The First Ships of the Mexican Navy" ("L'Amérique du Sud. Etudes historiques. Les Premiers Navires de la Marine Mexicaine") in Museé des Familles with three illustrations by Eugène Forest and Alexandre de Bar. The revised version with six illustrations by Férat was published in 1876 together with the novel Michel Strogoff as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series. The first English translation by W. H. G. Kingston was published in 1876.
Plot outline
In 1825, off the islands of Guam on a passage from Spain, Lieutenant Martinez, and his associates plot a mutiny on board of two Spanish warships. Conspirators murder Captain Don Orteva, take command of the ships, and plan to sell them to the republican government in Mexico. But on arrival in Acapulco, Lieutenant Martinez and Jose[who?] are forced to embark on a cross-country trip to Mexico City that proves fatal to both.
船上的水手伙食差，待遇低。在开往西班牙的6个月的航程中，他们困顿不堪，正密谋策动一次哗变。
和“亚洲号”上的水手相比，“康斯坦齐亚号”上的水手生性更加顽劣乖张。它由船长唐·奥特华指挥。这个人是个有着铮铮铁骨的硬汉子，从来都不服输，但这艘船的航程却因屡次受阻而进程缓慢。显然，有人在故意捣乱。就在这个时候，唐·罗克指挥下的“亚洲号”也不得不入驶港口。
有天晚上，罗盘仪被打得稀巴烂，谁也弄不明白是怎么回事。又有一天晚上，前桅的左右支索像给人砍断了似的，轰然垮了下来，桅上的帆和索具全落到甲板上。再后来，舵绳在几次重要的机动操作中两度莫名其妙地绷断了。
The story was first published in July 1851 under the title "The First Ships of the Mexican Navy" ("L'Amérique du Sud. Etudes historiques. Les Premiers Navires de la Marine Mexicaine") in Museé des Familles with three illustrations by Eugène Forest and Alexandre de Bar. The revised version with six illustrations by Férat was published in 1876 together with the novel Michel Strogoff as a part of the Voyages Extraordinaires series. The first English translation by W. H. G. Kingston was published in 1876.
Plot outline
In 1825, off the islands of Guam on a passage from Spain, Lieutenant Martinez, and his associates plot a mutiny on board of two Spanish warships. Conspirators murder Captain Don Orteva, take command of the ships, and plan to sell them to the republican government in Mexico. But on arrival in Acapulco, Lieutenant Martinez and Jose[who?] are forced to embark on a cross-country trip to Mexico City that proves fatal to both.
“看来你们二位的这番争论是没个完了……，”米盖尔先生在吵得面红耳赤的两个人中间插了这么一句。
“是啊……没完了……，”费里佩先生说，“除非我向瓦里纳斯先生的观点投降……”
“我可是绝对不会屈从于费里佩先生的观点的！”瓦里纳斯先生反驳道。
这两个固执而博学的人已经互不相让地争吵了整整三个小时，话题是奥里诺科河，南美洲一条著名的河流，委内瑞拉的大动脉。两人争执不下的是它的支流问题：奥里诺科河最初的一段，若果真像新近出版的地图上所标画的那样是自东向西流，那么阿塔巴布河就不应称作它的支流而是它的正源；而如果是呈西南-东北方向的话，那么瓜维业雷河就是奥里诺科河的正源了。
“是啊……没完了……，”费里佩先生说，“除非我向瓦里纳斯先生的观点投降……”
“我可是绝对不会屈从于费里佩先生的观点的！”瓦里纳斯先生反驳道。
这两个固执而博学的人已经互不相让地争吵了整整三个小时，话题是奥里诺科河，南美洲一条著名的河流，委内瑞拉的大动脉。两人争执不下的是它的支流问题：奥里诺科河最初的一段，若果真像新近出版的地图上所标画的那样是自东向西流，那么阿塔巴布河就不应称作它的支流而是它的正源；而如果是呈西南-东北方向的话，那么瓜维业雷河就是奥里诺科河的正源了。
一八七六年八月五日，星期六。那天，挂着“渔夫之约”金字招牌的小酒店里挤满了吵吵嚷嚷的人群。歌声、叫声、碰杯声、鼓掌声、欢呼声，融汇成一片震耳的喧嚣。人们不时地齐声高呼“嗬呵”，这是德意志民族表示他们快乐到了极点的特有习惯。
小酒店位于迷人的齐格马林根小城的一隅，窗外便是多瑙河。齐格马林根是普鲁士领地霍恩佐伦的首府，距离中欧这条著名大河的源头很近。
“多瑙河协会”是河流两岸渔夫的国际性组织团体，会员们应门楣上那块漂亮的哥特体字招牌的邀请，聚集于此。无酒不成宴，因此，会员们斟满了所有的大啤酒杯及葡萄酒杯，痛饮香醇可口的慕尼黑啤酒和匈牙利葡萄酒。大家还抽着烟斗，长长的烟斗里不停地吐出呛鼻的烟雾，弄得整个大厅昏黑一片。但是，虽然会员们难以透过烟雾望见彼此，说话声却还是相互听得到的，除非是聋子。
手持钓竿的渔夫们在作业时是冷静且沉默的，而实际上，一放下活计，他们就成为世界上最喋喋不休的一群。一谈起他们的赫赫战功，他们的激动简直和猎手们不相伯仲。此话绝非虚言。
小酒店位于迷人的齐格马林根小城的一隅，窗外便是多瑙河。齐格马林根是普鲁士领地霍恩佐伦的首府，距离中欧这条著名大河的源头很近。
“多瑙河协会”是河流两岸渔夫的国际性组织团体，会员们应门楣上那块漂亮的哥特体字招牌的邀请，聚集于此。无酒不成宴，因此，会员们斟满了所有的大啤酒杯及葡萄酒杯，痛饮香醇可口的慕尼黑啤酒和匈牙利葡萄酒。大家还抽着烟斗，长长的烟斗里不停地吐出呛鼻的烟雾，弄得整个大厅昏黑一片。但是，虽然会员们难以透过烟雾望见彼此，说话声却还是相互听得到的，除非是聋子。
手持钓竿的渔夫们在作业时是冷静且沉默的，而实际上，一放下活计，他们就成为世界上最喋喋不休的一群。一谈起他们的赫赫战功，他们的激动简直和猎手们不相伯仲。此话绝非虚言。
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这是一份文件的最后一段，整份文件都是由这些奇怪的字母组合而成的。一个男人手持这份文件聚精会神地将其重读一遍之后，陷入了沉思。
这份文件共有百余行这样的文字，每个词语之间都没有间隙。文件看来已经写了有个把年头了，随着时间的流逝，写有这些难解符号的厚厚纸页已经开始泛黄了。
这是一份文件的最后一段，整份文件都是由这些奇怪的字母组合而成的。一个男人手持这份文件聚精会神地将其重读一遍之后，陷入了沉思。
这份文件共有百余行这样的文字，每个词语之间都没有间隙。文件看来已经写了有个把年头了，随着时间的流逝，写有这些难解符号的厚厚纸页已经开始泛黄了。
“你知道什么？……”
“我知道我在港口听到的……”
“听人说那条船来找……要把阿迪亚尔带走吗？”
“是啊……去突尼斯，在那儿他将受到审判……”
“要被定罪吗？”
“会定罪。”
“阿拉不会饶恕它，索阿尔！……不！阿拉不会饶恕它！”
“安静……”索阿尔激动地说着，并支起耳朵，好像察觉到在沙地上有脚步声。
他没站起来，他向一个遗弃的隐士墓的入口爬去，在那儿进行着上述交谈。天还亮着，太阳还迟迟未从靠近小沙洲湾海滨这一侧的沙丘上落下。在三月初，在北半球34纬度，黄昏并不长。绚丽的太阳由于斜着下落并没有接近地平线，似乎它要垂直落下，就像受重力规律支配的物体一样。
Translation history
Parts of the novel, under the title Captain Hardizan, were serialized in The American Weekly (the Sunday Supplement to the Boston American newspaper) from August 6, 1905 to August 13, 1905. The first complete English translation was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2001.
“我知道我在港口听到的……”
“听人说那条船来找……要把阿迪亚尔带走吗？”
“是啊……去突尼斯，在那儿他将受到审判……”
“要被定罪吗？”
“会定罪。”
“阿拉不会饶恕它，索阿尔！……不！阿拉不会饶恕它！”
“安静……”索阿尔激动地说着，并支起耳朵，好像察觉到在沙地上有脚步声。
他没站起来，他向一个遗弃的隐士墓的入口爬去，在那儿进行着上述交谈。天还亮着，太阳还迟迟未从靠近小沙洲湾海滨这一侧的沙丘上落下。在三月初，在北半球34纬度，黄昏并不长。绚丽的太阳由于斜着下落并没有接近地平线，似乎它要垂直落下，就像受重力规律支配的物体一样。
Translation history
Parts of the novel, under the title Captain Hardizan, were serialized in The American Weekly (the Sunday Supplement to the Boston American newspaper) from August 6, 1905 to August 13, 1905. The first complete English translation was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2001.
随着大地的一声巨大震动，空中出现了比北极光还要明亮的不同寻常的光辉，刹那间使得所有星星全都黯然失色。地中海顷刻之间变得空空如也，随后海水又回到海里形成汹涌澎湃的波涛。大地上出现震耳欲聋的轰鸣，除了有一种来自地球内部的爆裂声外，还有巨大的波涛互相撞击的声响和飓风的呼啸声。在天空、海上和地面突然出现如此巨大的变化后，故事的主人公们突然发现他们在一个完全陌生的星球上，开始了他们无法拒绝的太阳系历险。
本故事的主人公在第一章中并未与读者见面。
当两个人在塞特车站下车时——他们是从巴黎乘火车来到这个濒临地中海的城市的——马塞尔·罗南对让·塔高纳说：
“在远洋轮出发之前，我们去做些什么呢？”
“什么也做不了。”让·塔高纳回答说。
“据《旅游指南》一书记载，塞特城古迹不多，可是却很奇特。这个城市的繁荣是从建立港口开始的。这个港口也是路易十四时代开凿的浪克多运河的终点。”
当两个人在塞特车站下车时——他们是从巴黎乘火车来到这个濒临地中海的城市的——马塞尔·罗南对让·塔高纳说：
“在远洋轮出发之前，我们去做些什么呢？”
“什么也做不了。”让·塔高纳回答说。
“据《旅游指南》一书记载，塞特城古迹不多，可是却很奇特。这个城市的繁荣是从建立港口开始的。这个港口也是路易十四时代开凿的浪克多运河的终点。”
爱尔兰面积有两千万英亩，大约合一千万公顷，由一位副国王统治。副国王也称总督，是受大不列颠君主委任，并配备一个私人顾问团。爱尔兰分四个省：东部伦斯特省、南部芒斯特省、西部康诺特省、北部阿尔斯特省。
据历史学家称，从前联合王国是一个完整的岛国；现在却一分为二，彼此精神上的抵牾要超过自然的隔阂。从建国之初，爱尔兰人就是法国人的朋友，英国人的对头。
据历史学家称，从前联合王国是一个完整的岛国；现在却一分为二，彼此精神上的抵牾要超过自然的隔阂。从建国之初，爱尔兰人就是法国人的朋友，英国人的对头。
这桩大胆的抢劫案，引起人们的普遍兴趣，如此的犯罪行为是不多见的。这就是有名的“中央银行案件”。
抢劫案发生在坐落于伦敦商场附近的中央银行德克办事处。办事处的经理那时是路易斯·罗伯特·巴克斯顿先生。
这个办事处设在一间用橡木柜台隔成不相等的两部分的大厅里。进门靠左手，在栅栏后面是出纳处，这栅栏又有一扇铁栅门与营业员办公的地方相通。长橡木柜台右边尽头有一扇转门，这是由顾客排队到营业厅的通路。办事处经理的办公室，则在营业厅的深处。一条走廊把营业厅和这幢大楼的公共前厅连接起来。
前厅的一头通过看门人的住房的门口；另一头，在主楼梯旁边，有双扇玻璃门通往地下室和后楼梯。
这场神秘的抢劫案，就是在这么个环境中发生的。
抢劫案发生在坐落于伦敦商场附近的中央银行德克办事处。办事处的经理那时是路易斯·罗伯特·巴克斯顿先生。
这个办事处设在一间用橡木柜台隔成不相等的两部分的大厅里。进门靠左手，在栅栏后面是出纳处，这栅栏又有一扇铁栅门与营业员办公的地方相通。长橡木柜台右边尽头有一扇转门，这是由顾客排队到营业厅的通路。办事处经理的办公室，则在营业厅的深处。一条走廊把营业厅和这幢大楼的公共前厅连接起来。
前厅的一头通过看门人的住房的门口；另一头，在主楼梯旁边，有双扇玻璃门通往地下室和后楼梯。
这场神秘的抢劫案，就是在这么个环境中发生的。