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Around The World in Eighty Days Author: Jules Verne

ISBN: 9780007350940 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 304 Published: 1 April 2010 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 11.1 x 17.5 x 1.9 Description: 'Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always going by the shortest route. He did not give an idle look. He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture.'

When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days, little does he know about the epic journey that he is about to undertake. With his faithful French servant, Passepartout, Phileas Fogg embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, travelling across four continents by whatever means he can -- train, elephant, steam ship -- and experiencing endless surprises and mishaps along the way.

About the Author

One of the principal inventors of what later became known as sf, Jules Verne wrote highly coloured nineteenth century romantic adventure stories, many of which turn on wonderful inventions like submarines or flying machines or on amazing events like the grazing of the Earth by a comet (in Hector Servadac). Verne was a Frenchman of Radical sympathies, many of whose stor...

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