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Around the World in Eighty Days (Puffin Classics)

by Jules Verne

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Around the World in Eighty Days is one of the greatest adventure novels of all time by one of the greatest of all adventure novel writers, Jules Verne. It is the story of the eccentric English inventor Phileas Fogg who sets out to make it around the world in eighty days in order to win a bet. With his trusted French valet, Passepartout, Fogg hurries off in a mad dash around the world, encountering numerous obstacles and adventures along the way. Jules Verne's classic work, Around the World in Eighty Days, still holds up today as a work a genuine creativity and sheer delight.

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Phileas Fogg bets his friends that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days. So he immediately sets off for Dover with his servant, Passpartout. Overcoming setbacks, they race against the clock.

Synopsis:

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the earth in 80 days.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140367119
Author:
Verne, Jules
Publisher:
Puffin Books
Location:
London
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Children's fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary
Subject:
Voyages and travels
Subject:
General Juvenile Fiction
Subject:
Adventure and adventurers
Subject:
Voyages around the world
Subject:
Adventure fiction
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Puffin Classics
Series Volume:
no. 332
Publication Date:
October 1995
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Children/juvenile
Language:
English
Pages:
297
Dimensions:
7.64x5.38x.73 in. .51 lbs.
Age Level:
09-12
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