· Jules Gabriel Verne ( – ) was a French writer who pioneered the science fiction genre. Notable amongst his works are "20, Leagues Under the Sea", "Around the World in 80 Days" and "A Journey to the Centre of the Earth". Around the World in Eighty Days was first published by Jules Verne in , and was introduced to an adoring public as monthly installments. Each chapter is thus seen as connected but with its own hooks and cliffhangers. The character of Phileas Fogg has become a stoic archetype for too cool operators in books to come in several genres/5(8K). Book: Around the World in Eighty Days Author: Jules Verne, – Translator: George Makepeace Towle, – First published: This ebook contains the text of George Towle’s English translation of Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours. (A few errors have been corrected and are marked by footnotes signed “J.M.”).
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 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. By: Jules Verne () Jules Verne is the master of classic adventure tales. Around the World in Eighty Days is just more proof that his excellent writing skills put the readers right in the book with Phileas Fogg and Passepartout. Because of a bet by his friends, Phileas sets out to get all the way around the world in eighty days. Around the World in Eighty Days actress, adventurer and bon www.doorway.ru Jorden rundt på åttio www.doorway.ru Jorden runt på 80 dagar djvu. Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days - www.doorway.ru Jules Verne 80 Sony Reader www.doorway.ru Jules verne, giro del mondo in 80 giorni, sampson low, marston.
Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20, wager (roughly £ million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. About the Author. Jules Verne (–) was born in Nantes, France. His father wanted him to study Law, but Jules preferred theatre and writing. Known as the pioneer of science fiction, his best-known novels include Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea () and Around the World in Eighty Days (). Full of incident, and even some romance, with the saving of a young Indian lady, Aouda, Fogg is determined to fulfil his side of the bet and travel around the world in eighty days. This is fast paced and makes for some great escapism, whether young or old, and something to keep in mind, the wager which is for twenty thousand pounds would in today’s money easily be a couple of million.
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