"Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real." Jules Verne, Around the World in Eighty Days This beautiful unabridged edition contains 55 illustrations from the 1873 English first edition. Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer...
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...
Jules Verne's most famous adventure, now in a beautiful clothbound edition 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...
Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune on the astounding proposition that he can travel all the way around the world in just 80 days. So begins this classic 1873 tale of adventure, entertainment, and suspense, as Fogg and his French valet, Passepartout, circle...
Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne's hero traverses...
Around the World in 80 Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a 20,000 wager (equal to...
Verne's classic novel of global voyaging 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...
Jules Verne's masterpiece of adventure fiction that has captured the imaginations of generations of readers and continues to enthrall us today. On October 2, 1872, an English gentleman makes a remarkable wager- He can travel around the entire world in a mere eighty days. Thus...
La vuelta al mundo en ochenta d as y tambi n en ochenta p ginas , porque en este libro se ha encogido casi todo el planeta Tierra para que a la velocidad de tu vista recorras en ferrocarriles, barco o a veces hasta caminado, el itinerario del distinguido caballero ingl s Phileas...
Around the World in Eighty Days has been a bestseller for over a century, but it has never before appeared in a critical edition. While most translations misread or even abridge the original, this stylish version is completely true to Verne's classic, moving as fast and as brilliantly...
Around the World in 80 Days: Abridged English EditionTHIS EDITION: This is an abridged edition of Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne. The story was originally written in French. The French text has been in large part translated anew into English, and has been broken...
Passepartout croyait avoir trouv? le ma?tre id?al, celui qui lui permettrait de vivre une vie de domestique de tout repos : non pas un homme, mais une v?ritable m?canique, parfaitement pr?visible et s?dentaire... Mais voil? qu'? la suite d'un pari, l'honorable et toujours flegmatique...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always...
Join Phileas Fogg on his epic journey around the world in this classic adventure story. From the bustling streets of London to the exotic landscapes of India and beyond, this book is a thrilling ride filled with suspense, humor, and unexpected twists. With a new introduction...
For a bet Phileas Fogg sets out with his servant Passeportout to achieve an incredible journey - from London to Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York and back to London again, all in just eighty days. there are many alarms and...
For a bet Phileas Fogg sets out with his servant Passeportout to achieve an incredible journey - from London to Paris, Brindisi, Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Singapore, Hong Kong, San Francisco, New York and back to London again, all in just eighty days. there are many alarms and...
Jules Verne--and his one-of-a-kind hero, Phileas Fogg--take children on an action-packed, whirlwind race around the world. For as long as anyone can remember, Fogg's daily ritual has never varied by even a minute. Then, on a whim and a bet, he sets out to prove that he can span...
Volume 224-1 in the Great Illustrated Classics series, "Around the World in 80 Days" by Jules Verne, is a specially adapted version by Marion Leighton.
A Daring Wager!
"Before there were airplanes and high speed travel, Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman,...
La vuelta al mundo en ochenta d as es una de las obras m s divertidas y apasionantes de Julio Verne, el considerado pionero de la ciencia ficci n, ya que en muchos de sus libros se anticipa imaginando progresos para la humanidad. La novela fue publicada por entregas en el peri...