Around the World in 80 Days

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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 30, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 152 pages
Evocative of an era when all travel was an adventure, this timeless classic is perfectly captured by Ingpen's rich and detailed illustrations. Although we live in an age when round-the-world travel is possible in hours rather than weeks, Verne's tale of a race against the clock has never lost its power to thrill. Illustrations.

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About the author (2010)

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

TitleAround the World in 80 Days
AuthorJules Verne
PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010
ISBN1453600884, 9781453600887
Length152 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Comics & Graphic Novels / Literary
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Literary
Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language
  
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