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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
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Description for Around the World in Eighty Days
Paperback. Jules Verne's classic, a bestseller for over a century, has never appeared in a critical edition before. William Butcher's stylish new translation moves as fast and as brilliantly as Fogg's own journey. Translator(s): Butcher, William. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
Having assured the members of London's exclusive Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in 80 days, Fogg - stiff, repressed, English - starts by joining forces with an irrepressible Frenchman, Passepartout, and then with a ravishing Indian beauty, Aouda. Together they slice through jungles, over snowbound passes, even across an entire isthmus - only to get back five minutes late. Fogg faces despair and suicide, but Aouda makes a new man of him, able to face even the Reform Club again. Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) contains a strong dose of post-Romantic reality ... Read more
Having assured the members of London's exclusive Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in 80 days, Fogg - stiff, repressed, English - starts by joining forces with an irrepressible Frenchman, Passepartout, and then with a ravishing Indian beauty, Aouda. Together they slice through jungles, over snowbound passes, even across an entire isthmus - only to get back five minutes late. Fogg faces despair and suicide, but Aouda makes a new man of him, able to face even the Reform Club again. Around the World in Eighty Days (1872) contains a strong dose of post-Romantic reality ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199552511
SKU
V9780199552511
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About Jules Verne
William Butcher is Head of Languages at Ysing Yi Technical College, Hong Kong.
Reviews for Around the World in Eighty Days
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Daily Telegraph
by far the best translations/critical editions available
Science-Fiction Studies
Daily Telegraph
by far the best translations/critical editions available
Science-Fiction Studies