Around the World in Eighty Days (Paperback)

Around the World in Eighty Days By Jules Verne, Michael Glencross (Translated by), Brian Aldiss (Introduction by), Michael Glencross (Notes by) Cover Image

Around the World in Eighty Days (Paperback)

By Jules Verne, Michael Glencross (Translated by), Brian Aldiss (Introduction by), Michael Glencross (Notes by)

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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.
In 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.
Product Details ISBN: 9780140449068
ISBN-10: 014044906X
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: May 4th, 2004
Pages: 288
Language: English
Series: Penguin Classics
“The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived.”—Arthur C. Clarke