|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
| Name |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Suggested Grade |
S5 |
| Author |
Jules Verne |
| Author's Background |
"Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the genre of science-fiction. He is best known for his novels Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
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. He is the third most translated author of all time, behind Disney Productions and Agatha Christie. His prominent novels have been made into films. Verne, along with H. G. Wells, is often referred to as the ""Father of Science Fiction""." |
| Publisher |
Penguin Group |
| Category |
English |
| Description |
A fastidious English gentleman makes a remarkable wager: He will travel around the world in eighty days or forfeit his life's savings. Thus begins Jules Verne's classic novel, which remains unsurpassed in sheer storytelling entertainment and pure adventure. |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
