Around the World in Eighty Days: Illustrated First Edition, Paperback/Jules Verne

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Description A beautiful, unabridged version translated by George M. Towle with 55 illustrations. Don't be fooled by other versions that have no illustrations or contain very small print. Reading our edition will make you feel that you are traveling the world with Phileas Fogg himself. Called Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours in French, Around the World in Eighty Days was published in French and English in 1873. It is one of Jules Verne's best-known and acclaimed novels. The intrepid adventurer Phileas Fogg of London, along with his French valet Passepartout, attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a 20, 000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. Their trip is further complicated by Phileas becoming a suspect in a robbery. Can they make it in time?