Around the World in Eighty Days

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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Author: Jules VernePublisher: Penguin GroupPublished: 05/04/2004Pages: 248Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 7.88h x 5.08w x 0.70dISBN: 9780140449068Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 9.6Point Value: 12Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 504 / Around the World in Eighty DaysReview Citation(s): Entertainment Weekly 07/06/2004 pg. 94About the AuthorIn 1863, Jules Verne (1828-1905) published Five Weeks in a Balloon, and struck a new vein in fiction - stories that combined popular science and exploration. He wrote 54 novels in the Extraordinary Voyages series. Michael Glencross, the translator, has written widely on French literature and culture. Brian Aldiss is a distinguished Science Fiction writer as well as a poet, essayist, dramatist, SF historian and critic.