John Milton Verne and Jules

Paradise Lost and Around The World in 80 Days (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

John Milton (9th December 1608, 8th November 1674) was an English poet. He is best known for his epic poem ¿Paradise Lost¿. ¿Paradise Lost¿ is widely considered as one of the greatest works of literature. He is known for ¿Aeropagiticä which is written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship and is among history¿s most influential and impassioned defence of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. He is highly appreciated by William Hayley. He had considered Milton the ¿greatest English author¿. Other renowned poets such as William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Thomas Hardy revered John Milton. ¿Paradise Lost¿ has been considered as Milton¿s masterpiece, with that his reputation was considered as one of the greatest English poets of his time.

Around the World in 80 Days
¿Around the world in Eighty days¿ was published in 1873. It is an adventure novel by the French writer, Jules Verne. It was first published in French. The book is one of Verne¿s most acclaimed works. Jules Verne (8th February 1828 ¿ 24th March 1905) was French novelist, poet, and playwright. In his credit, a series of novels are there, such as Voyage extraordinaries, Journey to the center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas. Each novel is well documented. Besides novels, he also wrote numerous plays, short stories, autobiographical accounts, poetry, and songs. He has been the second most translated author in the world. He has sometimes been called the ¿Father of Science Fiction¿. The story starts with Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valot Passe-partout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80-days. It starts from London Fogg is a member of the Reform club where he use to spend most of his social life. Once at the Reform Club, there is a situation that, is it possible to travel around the world in 80-days? After reading in The Daily Telegraph that has a new rail road in India made it in 80-days. Fogg along with Passe-partout departs from London by train at 8:45 p.m. on 2nd October, so in order to win the bet he must come back to the club by the same time on 21st December, 80-days later. On the first destination where he reaches, starts bad omen. He takes up by the Police by mistake due to his face similarity with a criminal. After this, they come to India also, take a train from Bombay to Calcutta, then Allahabad. At one place they see a ¿Sati procession¿ going on. They rescue the lady named Aouda. When they reach back to home. His apologies with her. But she confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her. The story narrated a complete travelogue with all his experiences, makes the book very interesting. Fogg hurries to reach the Reform Club within time to meet his deadline to win the Money. After adjusting of his travel expenses from the prize money and he divides the left money between Passepartout and Fix, and marries Aouda.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Fusion Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789354861741
• Artikelnr.: 63405647