Around the World in Eighty Days: New Translation with Illustrations by Ross Coll

<p>Having learnt that a new railway in India has made it theoretically possible to travel all the way around the globe in no more than eighty days, Phileas Fogg, a wealthy and fastidious London gentleman, makes a wager of 20,000 with his Reform Club associates that he can achieve this hitherto unheard-of feat, and, accompanied by his French valet Jean Passepartout, boards a train for Dover the very same evening. Pursued on their epic journey by a Scotland Yard policeman who has mistaken Fogg for a bank robber, the intrepid voyagers face a race against time as they traverse a range of exotic and sometimes hazardous landscapes and make use of any and every mode of transport available to them - including elephants - in order to achieve their goal. <p/>A huge commercial success on first publication in 1872, Jules Verne's classic adventure story has been adapted numerous times for the stage and the screen, as well as inspiring many real-life adventurers who have sought to emulate Fogg's audacious odyssey.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Jules Verne<br><b>Publisher:</b> Alma Books<br><b>Published:</b> 09/24/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 288<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.61lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781847499202<br><b>Audience:</b> Ages 9-12<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the author of Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea and many other tale