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Re: I'm sorry, but I'm not going to touch this book with a bargepole (was Review of new book)

From: Gillian <gillian1023~at~yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:51:30 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~gilead.org.il>

HUH?

Harry Hayfield <harryhayfield~at~googlemail.com> wrote: BODY { MARGIN-TOP: 25px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 25px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica } P.msoNormal { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" } LI.msoNormal { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" } I should explain that I was introduced to Jules Verne in the 1980's, thanks to the BRB International production "Around the World with Willy Fog" and therefore had an assumption prior to reading the proper book (which I still thank Bill for sending to me) that Mr. Fogg was a fine, upstanding English gentlemen which indeed the book proved.
  
  However, I was slightly dismayed to read in the same book William's insistence that (and I am quoting here):
  "The clearly legible '- Face isn't the only expressive organ' is also vital. It's explicit sexual innunedo declares that the mind's composition is not in the face, that Fogg's imperturability conceals the strongest impulses and that his fate will ultimately be determined by his libido"
  I mean look at him for pete's sake. How can anyone with that expression possibly be more "libido" than Tom Jones??? This is why I think that the main reason these books are produced are simply to cash in on the money that started with the Da Vinci Code. I would like to finish my defence of Mr. Fogg with the following quote from Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan
  "The rich attorney my character high tried vainly to disparage!"
  And if any does seek to disparage Mr. Fogg's character, they'll have me to answer to!
  Harry Hayfield (Supporter for Mr. Fogg)

Received on Sun 16 Sep 2007 - 01:51:38 IDT

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