Around the World in Eighty Days - Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, translated by Michael Glencross / ISBN 9780241468654 / 288-page book from the Penguin Clothbound Classics series

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Verne's classic novel of global voyaging

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 and dangerous locations, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.