Around the World in Eighty Days In English Translation
Synopsis
On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock.The exciting adventures of Fogg and Passepartout in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days will entertain modern readers as much as they did the Victorians, and are accompanied here by an afterword from John Grant.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Book details
- Series:
- Macmillan Collector's Library (Book 121)
- Author:
- Jules Verne
- ISBN:
- 9781509846733
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781904919568, 9781509896431, 9781509827855
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- 18-12
- Grades:
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Third grade, Fourth grade, Fifth grade, Sixth grade, Seventh grade
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2019-03-29
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2004
- Copyright by:
- Macmillan Collector’s Library
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Categories:
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Literature and Fiction