Around the World in Eighty Days
$23.95
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2004
Summary
A new translation of this ever-popular adventure story, featuring an introduction by Brian Aldiss.
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 – overcomi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449068 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 014044906X |
| Author: | Jules Verne |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2004 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 128mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“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
“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
Jules Verne
Jules Verne (1828-1905) published Five Weeks in a Balloon in 1863, initiating a new genre of fiction that blended popular science with exploration. He authored 54 novels in his Extraordinary Voyages series.
Michael Glencross, the translator, has extensive writings on French literature and culture.
Brian Aldiss is a distinguished Science Fiction writer, poet, essayist, dramatist, and SF historian and critic. His most recent work is Super-State: A Novel of Future Europe (2002).
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