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Around the World in Eighty Days
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Around the World in Eighty Days
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jules Verne
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:304 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 181,Width 111 |
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| Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780141035871
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| Classifications | Dewey:843.8 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
29 May 2008 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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.
Author Biography
In 1863, Jules Verne (1828-1905) published Five Weeks in a Balloon, 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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