Around the World in Eighty Days: Jules Verne - Rilegato

Verne, Jules

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0241468655 ISBN 13: 9780241468654

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2021

Riassunto

Verne's classic novel of global voyaging

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

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Informazioni sull?autore

In 1863, Jules Verne (1828-1905) published Five Weeks in a Balloon, and struck a new vein in fiction - stories that combined popular science and exploration. He wrote 54 novels in the Extraordinary Voyages series.

Michael Glencross, the translator, has written widely on French literature and culture.

Brian Aldiss is a distinguished Science Fiction writer as well as a poet, essayist, dramatist, SF historian and critic.

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One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241468655
• ISBN 13: 9780241468654
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Disegnatore: Bickford-Smith Coralie
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Redattore: Glencross Michael
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