The novel was written in the 1870’s when newspapers were full of stories about the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the USA, the opening of the Suez Canal and the ability to cross India by rail. Phileas Fogg having seen this news has a bet with the members of his club that he can travel around the world in 80 daysand sets off with his valet Passepartout from London on a rainy day. A fast moving adventure that is still relevant to today’s traveller.
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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.
Around the World in Eighty Days features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Action Adventure, Historical adventure fiction, General Fiction, Fiction
Around the World in Eighty Days is available in Paperback, Hardback, Ebook
Around the World in Eighty Days was written by Jules Verne and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Around the World in Eighty Days has 293 pages
Yes it is part of Red Classics series
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