Around the World in Eighty Days
$19.92
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2008
Summary
One night in the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141035871 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141035870 |
| Author: | Jules Verne |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2008 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 113mm x 24mm |
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About The Author
Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) published Five Weeks in a Balloon in 1863, and struck a new vein in fiction - stories that combined popular science and exploration. He wrote 54 novels in the Extraordinary Voyages series.
Michael Glencross, the translator, has written widely on French literature and culture.
Brian Aldiss is a distinguished Science Fiction writer as well as a poet, essayist, dramatist, SF historian and critic. His lastest work is Super-State- A Novel of Future Europe (2002).
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