Jules Verne - Around the World in Eighty Days. (level 1)Jules Verne
In 1872 a rich English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80 days. Accompanied by his French manservant, Passepartout, he sets off on an incredible race against the clock, over land and sea. The tenacious Inspector Fix, convinced that Phileas Fogg is a robber, pursues him relentlessly across the continents.
Five Weeks in a Balloon was Verne''s first novel. An accomplished tale, it was a foretaste of the joys to come with his more famous books, Around the World in Eighty Day and Journey to the Centre of the Earth'
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Tom Swift & His Motor Boat
Besides entering some terrific races with his boat, Tom has a fantastic encounter with an aeronaut, in a reissue of an adventure first published more than eighty years ago.
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.
