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Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

BookID: 103

Language:English

Uniform Title:Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. English

Alternate Title:Around the World in 80 Days

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Adventure storiesVoyages around the world -- Fiction

Description

"Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel published in 1872. When London gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune that he can circle the globe in eighty days, he embarks on a race against time with his French valet Passepartout. Their journey becomes complicated when a detective mistakes Fogg for a bank robber and pursues them across continents. Along the way, they rescue a young woman and face numerous obstacles that threaten their tight deadline. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

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