Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days

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Buch | Hardcover
280 Seiten
2017
Macmillan Collector's Library (Verlag)
978-1-5098-2785-5 (ISBN)
13,70 inkl. MwSt
Jules Verne's thrilling adventure novel
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Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of Around the World in Eighty Days features an afterword from John Grant.

On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as Fogg and Passepartout harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock.

Jules Gabriel Verne was born in France in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. He trained for the bar in Paris but took more readily to literary life, befriending Dumas and Hugo, and making his living by writing librettos. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1862 and made him famous. Verne went on to write dozens more such adventures, including Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). In later life, he entered local politics at Amiens, where he had a home, and also lived in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne. He died in 1905.

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Macmillan Collector's Library
Einführung John Grant
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 102 x 155 mm
Gewicht 170 g
Themenwelt Literatur Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Literatur Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10 1-5098-2785-4 / 1509827854
ISBN-13 978-1-5098-2785-5 / 9781509827855
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