Around the World in Eighty Days - Unabridged (eBook, ePUB)

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"Around the World in Eighty Days" is the celebrated adventure novel by Jules Verne that follows the precise and wealthy Englishman Phileas Fogg who rewagers that he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days.Accompanied by his loyal French valet, Passepartout, Fogg embarks on a thrilling journey filled with unexpected challenges and colorful characters. They travel by train, ship, and even elephant, facing delays, natural obstacles, and the persistent pursuit of Detective Fix, who mistakenly believes Fogg is a bank robber. Despite numerous setbacks, Fogg's calm determination and resource...

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Jules Verne (1828-1905) was born in Nantes, France, and was encouraged by his father to follow him into the legal profession. But Verne felt the strong pull of literature and, as he studied for his law degree in Paris, he befriended many artists and writers - including the novelist Alexandre Dumas - and began to write fiction and poetry himself. His one-act play Broken Straws was staged in Paris in 1850. Refusing his father's offer to help him open a law practice in Nantes, Verne took a low-paying job at the Théâtre-Lyrique, where he saw several of his early plays produced.Verne's life would take a dramatic turn after his introduction to publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel in 1862. Verne had been working on a novel blending scientific research and adventure fiction and Hetzel strongly encouraged Verne to explore this new genre, publishing Five Weeks in a Balloon in 1863. When the book became a success, Verne signed a contract with Hetzel to produce a new work every year and his subsequent novels - including Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days - would become known as his Extraordinary Voyages and establish Verne as one of the most popular writers in the world.Verne continued to write for the rest of his life, but towards the end, his fiction took a decidedly darker turn. In his last few novels, Verne was writing more about the dangers of technology than celebrating the era's technological advancements. Verne suffered from diabetes and died at home on March 24, 1905.All told, Verne authored more than sixty books (fifty-four of which comprise his Extraordinary Voyages), as well as dozens of plays, short stories and librettos. His tales have been the subject of countless adaptations for the stage, screen and television. Along with H.G. Wells and Hugo Gernsback, Verne is considered one of the "Fathers of Science Fiction," and is second only to Agatha Christie as the most translated writer of all time.