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Around the World in Eighty Days
Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author)

ISBN: 0486411117 ISBN-13: 9780486411118
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2000
Annotation: The eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts a challenge to circle the globe in no more than 80 days -- an incredible feat for the Victorian age. Exotic locales, seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and comic relief (chiefly supplied by Fogg's loyal valet, Passepartout) provide a fantastic blend of adventure, entertainment, and suspense.

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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 00022415

Age Level: 11-UP

Grade Level: 6-UP

Lexile Measure: 1070 HL (High-Low)

Series: Dover Thrift Editions

Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.8" L (0.35 lbs) 176 pages

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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.
Fogg and Passepartout, his devoted manservant, avail themselves of virtually every known means of transportation in their wild race against time. All the while, a devious detective dogs their every step and introduces fresh obstacles. The resourceful Fogg faces each new trial with unshakable aplomb, through a constantly shifting background of exotic locales -- from the jungles of India, a Chinese opium den, and a Japanese circus to a full-throttle train ride under attack by Sioux and a bloodless mutiny aboard a tramp steamer.
The most popular of Jules Verne's fantastic adventure stories, Around the World in Eighty Days first appeared as a newspaper serial in 1872, much to the delight of a world already agog with recent advances in technology. Its enduring blend of comic misadventures and thrilling suspense continues to enchant generations of readers.

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