Jules Verne

Around The World In Eighty Days (Bok)

Having learnt that a new railway in India has made it theoretically possible to travel all the way around the globe in no more than eighty days, Phileas Fogg, a wealthy and fastidious London gentleman, makes a wager of GBP20,000 with his Reform Club associates that he can achieve this hitherto unheard-of feat, and, accompanied by his French valet Jean Passepartout, boards a train for Dover the very same evening. Pursued on their epic journey by a Scotland Yard policeman who has mistaken Fogg for a bank robber, the intrepid voyagers face a race against time as they traverse a range of exotic and sometimes hazardous landscapes and make use of any and every mode of transport available to them - including elephants - in order to achieve their goal. A huge commercial success on first publication in 1872, Jules Verne's classic adventure story has been adapted numerous times for the stage and the screen, as well as inspiring many real-life adventurers who have sought to emulate Fogg's audacious odyssey. Now presented in a brand-new translation.

Författare:	Jules Verne
Titel:	Around The World In Eighty Days
Typ:	Bok
Kategori:	Böcker/Barn & Ungdom/Skönlitteratur
Releasedatum:	2024-06-26
Artikelnummer:	787941
Lagerstatus:	Beställningsvara Leveranstid: från 14 vardagar
EAN:	9781847499202
ISBN:	1847499202
Språk:	Engelska
Bandtyp:	Pocket
Mått(BxHxD):	128x198x21 mm
Omfång:	320 sidor
Vikt:	274 gram
Titel:	Around The World In Eighty Days
Förlag:	Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.