Author(s): Verne, Jules
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.
About the author:
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. His lastest work is Super-State- A Novel of Future Europe (2002).
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780140449068
Audience: General/trade
Language: English
Number of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 20040510
Publisher: Penguin UK
Product Form: Paperback / softback
Dimensions (LxWxH): 198 mm129 mm17 mm
Weight: 220 gr