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PENGUIN CLASSICS AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS

Jules Verne - Author
Michael Glencross - Translator
Michael Glencross - Notes by
Brian Aldiss - Introduction by
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Book: Paperback | 129 x 198mm | 288 pages | ISBN 9780140449068 | 26 Apr 2004 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP
PENGUIN CLASSICS AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
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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