Around the World in Eighty Days

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Thorndike Press, 2002 - Fiction - 347 pages
It was the dare of the century. Phileas Fogg bet his entire fortune that he could cross nineteenth-century Earth with no plans, no special arrangements, and no air travel, in exactly eighty days. Within hours, he was off, racing against time and a relentless bounty hunter who was convinced Fogg was a fleeing bank robber.

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In which Phileas Fogg
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In which Passepartout is convinced
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In which a conversation takes
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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.

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