Around the World in Eighty Days - Paperback
by Jules Verne
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Jules VerneSeries:Dover Thrift Editions: Classic NovelsAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:6/20/2000Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dover PublicationsISBN-13:9780486411118ISBN-10:486411117UPC:9780486411118Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, Science FictionBook Topic:Action & AdventureSize:7.80 x 5.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCG6XW80JJ
Around the World in Eighty Days
Taking up a challenge from his whist partners, a mysterious English gentleman named Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune and abandons his quiet domestic routine to undertake a daring feat: to circle the globe in a mere 80 days, an achievement unheard of in the Victorian world.
Fogg and Passepartout, his devoted manservant, avail themselves of virtually every known means of transportation in their...
Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
Audience: Ages 9-12
Language:EnglishPublisher:Dover PublicationsISBN-13:9780486411118ISBN-10:486411117UPC:9780486411118Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, Science FictionBook Topic:Action & AdventureSize:7.80 x 5.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCG6XW80JJ
The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived. -- Arthur C. Clarke. Jules Verne started out composing librettos, but the French-born author's passion for travel and exploration compelled him to turn to adventure tales, creating the prototype for today's science fiction. One of the most translated authors in the world, Jules...
Publisher: Dover Publications
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