Jules Verne: Around the World in Eighty Days, Gebunden
Around the World in Eighty Days
- Publisher:
- MacMillan Collector's Library, 03/2017
- Binding:
- Gebunden
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781509827855
- Item number:
- 6434396
- Volume:
- 280 Pages
- Weight:
- 170 g
- Format:
- 157 x 101 mm
- Thickness:
- 20 mm
- Release date:
- 21.3.2017
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of Around the World in Eighty Days |
Price |
|---|---|
| Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 79.90* |
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 59.90* |
Blurb
Now on BBC! Watch Jules Verne's exciting classic adventure reimagined as an eight-part series starring David Tennant as Phileas Fogg.
Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition of Around the World in Eighty Days features an afterword from John Grant.
On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20, 000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as Fogg and Passepartout harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock.
Biography
Jules Verne, geb. 1828 in Nantes, studierte Jura, schrieb aber bereits Theaterstücke und Erzählungen. Sein erster Erfolgsroman 'Fünf Wochen im Ballon' erschien 1863. Seine großen Romane waren von Anfang an Bestseller. Als neuer Mythenmeister und Klassiker ist er der Begründer der modernen Science-fiction-Literatur. Jules Verne starb 1905 in Amiens.
