| Around the World in Eighty Days Contributor(s): Verne, Jules (Author) |
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ISBN: 0553213563 ISBN-13: 9780553213560 Publisher: Bantam Classics OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: April 1984 Annotation: /VERNE, JULES A daring wager by the eccentric and mysterious Englishman Phileas Fogg that he can circle the globe in just 80 days initiates this marvelous travelogue and exciting suspense story. Originally published in 1873, the book's delightful mixture of fantasy, comedy, and suspense has kept it a perennially superb entertainment. A |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1070 |
| Series: Bantam Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 4.2" W x 6.8" (0.22 lbs) 163 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 504 Reading Level: 9.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 12.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jules Verne Great excitement and awe greeted its publication in 1873, and today Around the World in Eighty Days remains Jules Verne's most successful novel. A daring wager by the eccentric and mysterious Englishman Phileas Fogg that he can circle the globe in just eighty days initiates this marvelous travelogue and exciting suspense story. Together with his manservant, Passepartout, Fogg makes a breathless world tour, overcoming wild misadventures and finding time to rescue a beautiful Indian maharani from a burning funeral pyre--all the while restlessly pursued by a bumbling detective called Mr. Fix. Realistically utilizing nearly every means of transportation known in the 1870s, Around the World in Eighty Days generated enchantment with scientific progress--and its delightful mixture of fantasy, comedy, and dazzling suspense has kept it a perennially superb entertainment. |