With an Introduction & Notes by Professor Roger Cardinal University of Kent at Canterbury Translationsare by Paul Desages (Around the World in Eighty Days) & Arthur Chambers (Five Weeks in a Balloon) JULES VERNE (1828-1905) POSSESSED that rare storyteller's gift of being able to present the far-fetched & the downright unbelievable in such a way as effortlessly to inspire his reader's allegiance & trust This volume contains two of his best-loved yarns chosen from among the sixty-four titles of Les Voyages Extraordinaires Verne's pioneering contribution to the canon of modern science fiction Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg who succeeds
- but only just!
- in circling the globe within eighty days The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism & versatility of his French manservant Passepartout whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour & suspense to the race against time Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient imperturbable & ever capable Dr Fergusson the prototype of the Vernian adventurer

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October 2 1872 Phileas Fogg is asserting that it’s possible to go around the world in 80 days The gentlemen of the Reform Club have made a bet on his failure since they don’t believe this eccentric dandy could ever succeed! However the most troubling part of this story is the strange coincidence between the rash departure of Phileas Fogg accompanied by his loyal valet Passepartout & the theft of 50000 pounds from the Bank of England! The first lady or gentleman to return to London wins the game However since you left the British capital suspected of stealing from Her Majesty’s bank you will have to return to London without any Rumor cards & 10£ or less in your pocket (or rather in your hand) in order to prove your innocence in the eyes of the world! Players will quickly discover that moving too fast drains their wallet just as fast To win you will have to alternate between cautious & ambitious advances waiting for the right moment to return to the city! Around the World in 80 Days is a beautiful & modern republication of the first ever Spiel des Jahres winner (the most prestigious Game of the Year award in 1979) thematically revisited around the timeless & beloved novel of the same name by Jules Verne Players 2-6 Playing time 45-60 minutes Ages 10 ...

The classic tale of Phileas Fogg & his quest to travel around the world in just eighty days specially retold as part of Young Reading Series 2 for readers growing in confidence ...

Playful retelling of Jules Verne&s classic novel starring Jackie Chan & Steve Coogan Chan plays Passepartout valet to the neurotic time-obsessed English inventor Phileas Fogg (Coogan) who has made a wager with fellow members at his London gentleman&s club that he can traverse the globe in only 80 days using as many kinds of transportation as possible (from boats & trains to hot-air balloons & elephants) Unfortunately the London police have mistakenly identified Fogg as the perpetrator of a bank robbery that took place just before he left the country & a relentless detective is in hot pursuit of the unlikely pair To complicate matters further Passepartout is not what he seems he is in fact notorious Chinese thief Lau Xing & has entered Fogg&s employ for the prinicipal purpose of lying low after stealing a priceless jade Buddha ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Pierce Brosnan & Eric Idle star in this TV miniseries adapted from the classic novel by Jules Verne Phileas Fogg (Brosnan) accepts a wager that he can circle the globe in 80 days but believing him to have robbed the Bank of England a detective sets off after him ...

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Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout Passing through exotic lands & dangerous locations they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- overcoming set-backs & always racing against the clock

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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics & Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people who never hurried & always ready are economical of their steps & their motions He never made one stride too many always going by the shortest route He did not give an idle look He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture& When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days little does he know about the epic journey that he is about to undertake With his faithful French servant Passepartout Phileas Fogg embarks on the adventure of a lifetime travelling across four continents by whatever means he can
- train elephant steam ship
- & experiencing endless surprises & mishaps along the way

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On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club Phileas Fogg a gentleman of great wealth & exacting tastes makes an extraordinary £20000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat & 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 & romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of super hot steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies & beat the clock The exciting adventures of Fogg & Passepartout in Jules Verne&s Around the World in Eighty Days will entertain modern readers as much as they did the Victorians & are accompanied here by an afterword from John Grant Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector&s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector&s Library are books to love & treasure ...

One night in the reform club Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout Passing through exotic lands & dangerous locations they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- overcoming set-backs & always racing against the clock

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