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Around the World in 80 Days

Around the World in 80 Days

Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Readaclassic.com
Publication Date: 01 Nov 2010
ISBN-13: 9781611042740
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"Around the World in 80 Days" is Jules Verne's classic story of the trip of Phileas Fogg (who is obsessed with time), Passeportout, Aouda, and Detective Fix around the world on a wager. The book is filled with beautiful time and space imagery throughout. Fogg bets his fellow club members that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere eighty days. He leaves immediately with his valet Passeportout and is pursued by Detective Fix, who thinks he is a bank robber. Through many adventures, including the rescue of Aouda from immolation, they all return to London. Interestingly, a few years later, after a number of improvements had been made in railways and roads, a U.S. journalist named Nellie Bly (the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cochrane) decided to attempt to break Fogg's "record." Leaving New York on November 14, 1889, she was able to circumnavigate the globe in 72 days, 6 hours, 11 minutes, and 14 seconds. She did not rescue a Hindu princess, however, as did Phileas Fogg!


Author Description


Jules Verne (1828-1905) helped pioneer the science fiction genre. His most famous works include "Journey to the Center of the Earth" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." Robert Ingpen has designed, illustrated, and written more than 100 published works of fiction and nonfiction, among them "The Jungle Book" and the centenary edition of "Peter Pan and Wendy." In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature.






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