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linguisticparadox · 2 years ago

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Trying to figure out if William Butcher's translation of Around the World in Eighty Days is any good but all the previews I find online only go through the analytical essay at the beginning BUT I'm realizing this may be the version I accidentally downloaded years ago that had the weird sexual analysis at the beginning

And anyway I happened on this bit:

And. Well. He's not fucking wrong!

#altho the phrase 'Fogg's organ' was a hell of a thing to read #basically the thing to know about this book is: literally everyone who so much as talks to Fogg falls breathlessly in love with him #ESPECIALLY Passepartout #Inspector Fix spends three-quarters of the novel desperately fighting it it's AMAZING #he takes a punch for the guy and goes IT'S ONLY BECAUSE I CAN'T ALLOW A CRIMINAL TO BE HARMED IN MY CUSTODY #bb he's not in your custody but ok~#around the world in eighty days #awed #aw80d #original

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