Around the World in Eighty Days

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Around the World in Eighty Days
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jules Verne
SeriesPuffin Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 129
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780141366296
ClassificationsDewey:843.8
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint Puffin Classics
Publication Date 3 March 2016
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

One night Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the world in just eighty days and the very next day sets out from the port of Dover with his servant Passeportout to achieve his aim. In Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the world in just eighty days and the very next day sets out from the port of Dover with his servant Passeportout to achieve his aim. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous places, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - always racing against the clock.There are many alarms and surprises along the way - and a last minute setback that makes all the difference between winning and losing. Jules Verne's exciting adventure has been delighting generations of readers of all ages.

Author Biography

Jules Verne was born in France in 1828 and died in 1905. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel was wildly successful, producing many brilliant novels in the burgeoning genre of science fiction: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Around the World in 80 Days, among others. Verne is the second most translated author in the world, after Agatha Christie and before Shakespeare.

Reviews

"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