AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

by Jules Verne

Overview

The novel, published in 1873, is the fantastic voyage of Phileas Fogg and his manservant, Jean Passepartout, around the world. The voyage is the result of a wager by Fogg and his counterparts from the Reform Club. The men insist that Fogg cannot go around the world in eighty days without delays. The men wager the amount of twenty thousand pounds that Fogg will be unable to return to the club, at the exact same, time eighty days later.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162220107
Publisher:	Steinbeck Publishers
Publication date:	03/05/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

The father of Science Fiction, a visionary French novelist, a short story writer, and a dramatist. This is the essence of the man we know today as Jules Verne. In his voluminous writings he foresaw a number of scientific devices and developments that were more than a century ahead of his time. Some of the inventions he imagined were created later in his lifetime, but some are still to be invented. He wrote over 80 books mostly before 1900 and a few of the things he described were helicopters, modern weapons, movies with sound, television and rockets. He was also the author of 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, which was written in the 1800’s – years before the first sub was invented. Jules Verne was an amazing writer who predicted the science future of the world. He was popular with all kinds of readers: rich, poor, young, old, scientists, artists and rulers.

Date of Birth:

February 8, 1828

Date of Death:

March 24, 1905

Place of Birth:

Nantes, France

Place of Death:

Amiens, France

Education:

Nantes lycée and law studies in Paris