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Around the world in eighty days / Jules Verne ; translated with notes by Michael Glencross ; with 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--overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock."-- Publisher's website.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780140449068 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xxvi, 248 pages ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2004.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in French: 1873. Translation of: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Fogg, Phileas (Fictitious character) > Fiction. Classics > Fiction Literary > Fiction Adventure and adventurers > Fiction. Voyages around the world > Fiction. Wagers > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Action and adventure fiction. Novels. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | FIC Verne | 31681010276525 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Follows the 1872 adventures of the reserved Phileas Fogg, an imperturbable English gentleman, and his French manservant Passepartout, as he tries to win his rash wager that he can travel completely around the world in eighty days. Reprint. - Blackwell North Amer
Verne's classic novel of global voyaging
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.
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