Around the World in 80 Days

Pages: 116
Published: 2009
Language: English

Phileas Fogg, a precise English gentleman, wagers he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. He sets off with his new valet, Passepartout, facing unexpected challenges and a determined detective hot on their heels. Can they complete this daring journey against all odds?

Prose complexity: 4/10

Adventurous Lighthearted Tense Inspiring

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Children's Books Classics Juvenile Travel Adventure Science Fiction

Jules Verne

Jules Verne was a French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869–1870), Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) and The Mysterious Island (1875). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. Consequen...