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Originally Posted by Bookatarian
I'm still reading, but think I've enjoyed the endnotes as much as the story itself so far. 
I'm fascinated by Verne's vision and definitely liked reading a little of his own history in the preface of my edition, though the story is reading slower than I would've thought. I did not realize that it had originally been published as a serialization. I can imagine readers of the day looking forward with great excitement to the next instalment. Maybe I can employ that tactic, setting aside a bit to read each day, to get me to the end. It normally makes up my lunchtime reading...which of late is only about 15 minutes a day.
Great comments by all so far....leaving me with fresh perspective as I dive back in (pun intended).  |
Many of the classics were published in a serialized format originally. Dickens was well known for that and Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde was as well I believe. We don't often think of that fact because we have the finished product available to us.