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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords.This edition of Around the World in Eighty Days includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Justin Leiber.
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An eccentric English gentleman and his manservant pack a carpet bag with two woolen shirts, three pairs of stockings, and 20,000 pounds, and travel around the world in 80 days, in order to win a bet.
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A great book.......2007-06-05
Around The World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne is more true to life than
other books by Verne. The movie starring David Niven is a good movie.
By Danny Karl Fleming, author of How to Prove The Collatz Conjecture.
Easy to read and fun to boot.......2006-12-20
I had never read this classic until now, my 40th year, and I am so glad I did. I laughed, I was tense, I enjoyed it through and through.
A bit slow, but still good.......2006-09-16
Like many classics, this book is paced completely different than a modern novel. It takes forever to get going and even then, not all that much does happen. That to me was the biggest disappointment: Not all that much happens at all. Sure, they get in some trouble and have to fight their way through, but overall, it seems a two-week trip of my own is often more exciting than these 80 days around a world (to excaturate slightly). And to make matters worse, even when something does happen and people venture out to solve a problem, too much time is spent describing the people left behind waiting, and sometimes there is no description of the actual solution of the problem. But such is the style of the time, I guess.
I guess part of the problem is that the story deals with getting around the world as fast as possible, which leaves little time for anything but getting from a ship to the next train and so forth. Very little time is spent at all the different places, which would have offered so much potential story-wise, yet there is no time.
I still enjoyed reading it, in part because the way books were written at this time just amuses me (old English and all). And towards the end, the excitement does pick up a little bit. Not to modern-day-novel levels, but still, I enjoyed it.
You will like this book if you start reading with the right expectations.
Around the World in Eighty Days.......2006-08-25
Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne, is a novel set in 1872, when technical revolutions allow a man to travel around the world in eighty days. But, to all the members of the Reform Club but one, this is only correct theoretically. However, to Mr. Phileas Fogg, this is a practical number. He then wagers twenty thousand pounds that he can make the journey.
So Mr. Fogg and his newly acquired servant, Passepartout, immediately set out for their first stop- Suez. There they encounter a detective named Fix, who has heard news of a robber that fits Mr. Fogg's description exactly. Fix, wanting the reward of five percent of the fifty-five thousand pounds stolen, makes it his business to stop the `criminal' at all costs. Fix, believing that the wager is just a ruse to get the cops off his tail, thinks that Mr. Fogg will not follow through with this journey around the world.
All goes smoothly, seeing as Fix is unable to attain a warrant for Mr. Fogg's arrest, until the railway that they are traveling on from Bombay to Calcutta, much to their surprise, is unfinished! Fortunately, thanks to Mr. Fogg's cunning ways, the party is able to buy an elephant to travel the fifty miles to the next railway station.
On the way to the next railway station at Allahabad, they see a young woman being carried by Indian savages. An acquaintance, Sir Francis, explains that she is going to be sacrificed. Mr. Fogg, having gained twelve hours, decides to save the woman from a painful death.
Aouda, as it turns out, is royalty to a village in India. But, since the savages will stop at nothing to find her, it becomes necessary to take her to her cousin in Hong Kong, which is conveniently one of the stops on Mr. Fogg's journey. But, much to the party's dismay, the relative has moved to Europe.
Fix, hoping to delay the party, gets Passepartout knocked out on opium, keeping the valuable information that the Carnatic, the vessel from Hong Kong to Yokohama, is leaving that night instead of tomorrow morning. However, to Aouda's sorrow, the party finds another privately owned boat to take them to Shanghai, leaving Passepartout behind. The party decides to go to Shanghai because that's where the steamer to San Francisco starts, then stops at Yokohama and Nagaski, then departing for San Francisco.
Much to the party's delight, they find out that Passepartout actually did make it aboard the Carnatic before it left, and they had a reunion aboard the San Francisco steamer. The steamer makes it into the San Francisco bay on the third of December, and Mr. Fogg has neither gained nor lost a day.
The party then takes a rail passage from San Francisco to Ogden, only impeded by a herd of bison for three hours. On the way from Ogden to Omaha, however, a band of Sioux Indians attacks the train. Three passengers are captured, including Passepartout!
Mr. Fogg does his duty, and rescues Passepartout. Fix, now having his best interests to get Mr. Fogg back to English soil as soon as possible, tells of a sledge that can be taken to the city of Omaha, where trains are plentiful.
They take the trains to New York without stoppage. However, upon arriving at New York, they find out that the China, the steamer going to Liverpool, left only forty-five minutes beforehand! Mr. Fogg's party is able to board a private boat, for two thousand pounds each. He then `persuades' the crew to set sail for Liverpool. A storm makes the crew resort to steam power only. They run out of coal and have to burn the wooden parts of the ship, which Mr. Fogg buys off the owner for sixty thousand dollars.
They take a rail line from Queenstown to Liverpool, gaining twelve hours on the steamers. The arrive in Liverpool at noon on the twenty-first, leaving only eight hours and forty-five minutes to get to the Reform Club. But, much to Mr. Fogg's surprise, he is arrested by Fix. But the thief had been caught three days before!
After a three-hour delay, they charter a train to London, where they arrive at 8:50-five minutes too late. The next day, Mr. Fogg and Aouda decide to get married. When Passepartout runs off to find a reverend, he learns that it's only the 21st instead of the 22nd! Mr. Fogg arrives at the Reform Club at the preset time, winning his wager! By traveling east, he had gained a day during his journey, allowing him to win his wager.
Jules Verne does a great job balancing facts and excitement in this novel. He provides an exciting science-fiction story, while giving some great info on places around the world. I enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to anyone with a sense of adventure, or whoever has dreamed about going around the world.
Rollicking good time.......2006-08-22
I think those of us who were introduced to this classic via the recent Jackie Chan movie were done a great disservice. This book accomplishes what few books can: even though the characters are one dimensional, the reader cares about them and genuinely wants to know what will happen next.
The basic setup is that Phileas Fogg makes a bet with members of his club that he can travel the world in 80 days, and then lugs Passaporteau around with him while he sets about accomplishing this task.
Verne does a great job of indicting the tourist mindset that we have today, and apparently had back in Verne's time. Throughout the whole book, Fogg is traveling through France, India, Singapore, Japan and the US, yet never takes the time to appreciate any of it. It's a lot like the people who take vacations and then bring back 20 rolls of film depicting every single landmark mentioned in Frommer's. They've seen it all, but it's all done with a sense of urgency and no real joy. Again, Verne has proven adept at predicting and accurately characterizing human foibles.
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- No time to smell the roses
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Around the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Classics)
Jules Verne
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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ASIN: 014044906X
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Jules Verne's career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction—stories that combined popular science and exploration. In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days—and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot- blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager. Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences upon its publication and remains hugely popular to this day.
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No time to smell the roses.......2006-12-12
Around the world in 80 days was probably one of the first popular works of travel writing. Part comedy, part drama, and mostly adventure, this book follows Phineas Fogg on his trip around the world in the company of his French servant, Passapertout. The trip was taken as part of a dare, but the trip itself is full of mishaps and near misses. Much of the trip is taken by sea, so our protagonists do not see as much of the world as they could have. Likewise, many of their stops in different cities are solely to rendevous with their next connection; hence not much deliberate sightseeing. Friends are made along the way, along with some enemies too. The book is written for young adults, and there is only an occasional insight into foreign cultures, and how this compares - contrasts with the Victorian England that is the home of Mr. Fogg. Hence in terms of wisdom learned, this book is below Twain's Roughing It or Gulliver's Travels. But it is more exciting and more readable than Swiss Family Robinson and other adventure classics from the 1800s. Overall, a worthy read.
Travel The World Without Leaving Your Armchair.......2005-08-13
No decent book collection is complete without this classic tale of travel and adventure. In comparison with the dated and crusty translations used in most modern reprints, this new edition contains clarity of expression and lively prose that kept me engrossed in Phileas Fogg's incredible odyssey around the globe. By reading Around the World in Eighty Days it is possible to recapture that lost sense of travel, characterised by crossing frontiers, improvisation and self-control whatever the circumstances. Armchair travelling it may be, but it is still much more pleasurable than the bland consumption of foreign cultures that most tourists are fed! Simply a great read.
Concise Yet Absorbing.......2005-07-27
Mr. Verne was a highly imaginative writer in his time and aptly regarded the founder of modern science fiction. Although the ending is sentimental to my taste, the whole story grabs my attention. It is told in a condensed and simple nature thus great for a bedside read to children of all ages. Phileas Fogg is a unique character who is eccentric but exceedingly predictable in kindness. Passepartout is as clear as day, a typical madcap. His thoughts are hilarious as his overall personality. Wherever it is clarified during their expedition, the details are colorful with facts, suspense, and riddles that make up a wonderful voyage. A lot is a passing comment but that is alright because the narrative is stimulating. The fiction lacks dialogues especially for the ever charming, Mrs. Aouda. The police officer is formed into a truly disciplined servant of the force. It is a fast read that concludes with uncomplicated turn of events.
Around the world in 80 day , can it be done?.......2005-04-18
In 1872 just going around the world was a difficult task never mind in 80 days. The main character, Phileas Fogg bets a couple of his rich buddies half his fortune that he can make it around the world in 80 days. Not long after that he is on his way. His journey starts off flawlessly, without a hitch, but not too far into the book he starts to run into trouble. A detective by the name of Fix believes that it was Mr.Fogg who robbed the bank of England and will stop at nothing to catch him so he follows them all around the world. Theses characters never take a break they're always on the move going from place to place. After many obstacles got in their way such as their train running out of tracks, being attacked by Indians, saving a princess from her death they returned to England. But it was too late. This book has a surprising twist but I will let you read it for your self to find out what it is.
I found this book very noteworthy. The chapter headings are very unique and will hook you in to the rest of the story. I found the chapters in this book to be quick and to the point so you won't get bored with them easily. There is more action and adventure with every turn of the page, which keeps the reader absorbed into the book. This is a great book if you want to take a break from emotional reading, so if you are looking for an emotional type of book this isn't for you. Vocabulary in this book enhances the reading and gives the book character. I find the author, Jules Verne; voice really comes through in this book. The only down side I found in this book was the loose ends. I found myself asking the same question at the end as I did in the beginning.
This book was written more for young adults and older. It's just as good for a fifteen year old as it is a fifty year old. Around the World in 80 Days isn't a hard read. The vocabulary may be complex and unique, but the meaning is still easy to make out. This book is one you read strictly for pleasure. If you are forced to read it will take the fun and interest out of the book. In this novel there are no futuristic gadgets like in other Jules Verne books but it is in keeping with his normal writing style. No one can absolutely hate this book it's to enjoyable of a book to even dislike. In you're a fan of historical fiction thins is a book for you. Even if you're not big on history anyone can find interest in this book. That is why I give it four stars, two thumbs up; on a scale from one to ten, I give it a nine.
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Around The World In Eighty Days [EasyRead Large Edition]
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A work of fiction in which the author narrates a journey of Phileas Fogg into which he is provoked due to an argument. The novel highlights all the great travel inventions of the era and relates how the wealthy, solitary man undertook the journey with his man-servant and the adventures he encountered on the way. It is not just a successful novel but a myth in its own regard.
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Around the World in Eighty Days: 5 Weeks in a Balloon (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics)
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This series features classic tales retold with attractive color illustrations. Educatiors using the Dale-Chall vocabulary system adapted each title. Each 70 page, softcover book retains key phrases and quotations from the original classics. Introduce literature to reluctant readers and motivate struggling readers. Students build confidence through reading practice. Motivation makes all the difference. What's more motivation then the expectation of success?
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Around the World in Eighty Days
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A trip around the world!.......2002-10-05
Once again Devin and his friend for life even if she is a girl Frankie find themselves zapped through Mrs.Figglehopper's mysterious zapper gates in the library and right into Julius Vern's 19th century book Around The World In Eighty Days. There they meet the robotic and cold Phileas Fogg and his contrasting servants, who is energetic, Passporte. When Fogg places a bet that he can make it around the world in eighty days the four find themselves journeying around the world. Together they have to brave the delays, rescue a princess, and weazel their way around a very annoying Detective Fix, who is set that Fogg is a bank robber. This Cracked Classic was one of my favorite and I do recommend parents getting it for their children. It makes sometimes boring classics a lot more fun.
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