Around the World in Eighty Days

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When the calm, resourceful Phileas Fogg takes up a wager at the London Reform Club to prove that the world is a smaller place that can be circumnavigated in 80 days, little did his valet, Passeportout, realise the adventures they had in store.

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ISBN: 9780141035871 Author: Verne, Jules Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date: 29th May 2008 Imprint: Penguin Classics Cover: Paperback Dewey: 843.8 (edition:22) Pages: 293 Language: English Edition: Reprint Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subjects: ,

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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