Jules Verne

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Around the world in 80 Days

Beschreibung

Around the World in 80 Days is a classic adventure novel written by Jules Verne. In the novel, Phileas Fogg and his French Valet Passepartout try to go around the world in 80 days to win a huge sum of money put up by Fogg's friends at the Reform Club. They leave from London by train on October 2 in order to win the bet; Fogg must return to the club by December 21, 80 days later. In Egypt, Fogg is a suspect for robbing the Bank of England by Scotland Yard detective Fix, and is thereafter followed by Fix. During journey Fogg and Passepartout have frustrating, exciting and perilous encounters that threaten to prevent them from completing their trip on time. The novel is widely acclaimed and considered one of Verne's greatest works.

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Jules Verne wrote and published over 100 novels, short stories, nonfiction books, essays, and plays-some posthumously. He was born on a small river island in Nantes, France, on February 8th, 1828. His parents, Pierre Verne and Sophie Allotte de La Fuÿe, sent Jules to Paris in 1848 to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. Instead, he developed a love of all things literary and fashioned himself into a prolific and versatile writer. His first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1863 by publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel and launched Verne's popular career with the Voyages Extraordinaires series of adventure novels, many of which established key elements of the science fiction genre. He was an instant success in France and other parts of Europe and would become a respected literary giant around the world later in the twentieth century. Verne died on March 24th, 1905, in Amiens, France. Verne's most famous works include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). Verne is one of the most translated authors in the world, second only to William Shakespeare, and still holds the prestigious title, "the Father of Science Fiction."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: V&S Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 252g
• ISBN-13: 9789357943642
• ISBN-10: 9357943641
• Artikelnr.: 67531969