Around the World in 80 Days (Legend Classics)

The latest edition of the classic novel from Jules Verne, featuring Phileas Fogg and his quest to circumnavigate the world in 80 days to win a bet. Following an argument at the Reform Club over the opening of a new railway section in India, Fogg agrees to the outlandish bet.
Setting off at 8:45pm on Wednesday, 2nd October, Fogg must return no later than Saturday, 21 December. What follows is one of the most famous journeys in fictional history.

About the author

Jules Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. Indeed, his Voyages extraordinaires, a series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days, have since seen him hailed as the "Father of Science Fiction".

Summary

In one of the most famous journeys in fictional history, Phileas Fogg has only eighty days to circumnavigate the globe in order to win an outlandish bet.

Product details

• Authors: Jules Verne
• Publisher: LEGEND PRESS
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.06.2017
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781787199842
• ISBN: 978-1-78719-984-2
• Pages: 224
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Series: Legend Classics; Legend Classics
• Subjects: FICTION / Historical / General; FICTION / Action & Adventure; Historical adventure; Fiction in translation; Historical adventure fiction