Around the World in Eighty Days (Illustrated First Edition): 100th Anniversary Collection

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NOTE: Please ignore negative comments about the book having tiny print and bad formatting as those reviews are about another publisher's book. desertcart combines all reviews together for some reason. Be sure to use the LookInside feature to see what our book really looks like. A beautiful unabridged edition with 55 illustrations from the 1873 English first edition. Use desertcart's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. 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? Review: A very interesting story, even today with the modern means of travel. - A well written translation of the original French. A fascinating travel documentary, even to this day with modern means of transport. One small point which makes me wander wether it was a translators fault or in the original. It mentions somewhere that a ship was sailing at "10 knots an hour" which is a wrong expression as 10 knots represent the speed of 10 miles an hour, hence the expression of "10 knots an hour" would actually indicate an acceleration. Otherwise this is an excellent book, with wonderful narrative by Jules Verne. It is interesting to compare it with the old film with David Niven as Phileas Fogg. Review: Good price - Classic reading