Books with title Around the World in 80 Days: Retold from the Jules Verne Original

"""To go around the world...in such a short time and with the means of transport currently available, was not only impossible, it was madness""One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days - and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-establised routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot-blooded French manservant Passepartout. Travelling by train, steamship, sailing boat, sledge and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard - who believes that Fogg has robbed the Bank of England - to win the extraordinary wager. Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences on its publication and remains hugely popular, combining exploration, adventure and a thrilling race against time."

On October 2nd, 1872, in the game room at the Reform Club in London, Mr. Phileas Fogg made a wager that he could go around the world in eighty days. Twenty thousand pounds were to be won, or lost, upon his return. Mr. Fogg assured his five companions he would meet them in the very same room at a quarter before 9p.m. on December 21st and collect his winnings. Fogg's frantic race against time, and the final outcome of this race, makes for a thrilling, unforgettable tale that has a permanent place among the greatest of adventure stories.

Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1872. The novel tells the story of an English gentleman's race around the world. Phileas Fogg bets 20,000 books, with his colleagues of the Reform Club, that he will succeed in making this round-the-world tripin eighty days. He is accompanied by Jean Passepartout, his French servant.210 pages High quality matt cover.

Around the World in 80 Days was published in 1873 by French author Jules Verne. Originally titled in French as Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours, it continues to enthrall and fascinate today as it did then. The text here has been reproduced verbatim, save for formatting changes to make the text more readable, from the available text at the Gutenberg Project at http://www.gutenberg.org