Around the World in Eighty Days

Resumen del libro

On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary GBP20,000 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 the daring pair harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock.
The exciting adventures of Fogg and Passepartout in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days will entertain modern readers as much as they did the Victorians, and 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 gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

Biografía del autor

Jules Verne (1828-1905) es uno de los grandes nombres de la literatura universal y una figura clave en el nacimiento de la ciencia ficción. Escribió más de sesenta novelas que combinan aventura, precisión científica y un inconfundible espíritu explorador. Obras como Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino , Viaje al centro de la Tierra o La vuelta al mundo en ochenta días han inspirado a generaciones de lectores y creadores, y siguen siendo puerta de entrada al asombro y la imaginación. Su legado permanece vivo en cada historia que se atreve a pensar más allá de lo posible.