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Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

By: Nellie Bly
Narrated by: Nelle Watters
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Around the World in Seventy-Two Days, the 1890 book by Nellie Bly, chronicles her sensational 72-day trip around the world for the tabloid newspaper, New York World.

On November 14, 1889, she boarded the steamer Augusta Victoria on her journey of 23,899 miles with the goal of finishing in 75 days. Her journey took her through England, France, Italy, the Suez Canal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan to San Francisco where she boarded a private chartered train which brought her to New York on January 25, 1890, 72 days and six hours after leaving.

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I would have given the performance five stars if it wasn’t for the narrator’s hilariously bad pronunciation of Amiens. Other than that, it was decent.

The book is interesting, but I did get the feeling that the author was looking down her nose at the locals of the places she visited. I know this was more acceptable in this period, but it does get a bit annoying after a while.

An interesting insight into the 19th century western mindset

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