Penguin Active Reading 2: Round the World in Eighty Days Book and CD-ROM Pack

Jules Verne

Pearson Education, 2008 - Foreign Language Study - 60 pages

When the calm, resourceful Phileas Fogg takes up a wager at the London Reform Club to prove that the world is a smaller place that can be circumnavigated in 80 days, little did his valet, Passeportout, realise the adventures they had in store.

About the author

Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Penguin Active Reading 2: Round the World in Eighty Days Book and CD-ROM Pack; Penguin Active Reading (Graded Readers) Series; Penguin Active Reading; Penguin Longman Active Reading Series; Penguin active reading. Level 2; Red classics
• Author: Jules Verne
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Pearson Education, 2008
• ISBN: 140588441X, 9781405884419
• Length: 60 pages
• Subjects: Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / General