Around The World In Eighty Days [Paperback]

A wager made in a London club sends Phileas Fogg and his new valet Passepartout east by rail, steamer and anything else available, with the clock rather than a villain driving the plot. This 224-page Penguin Select Classics paperback holds the complete novel. Verne turns timetables into suspense: each leg of the route has a margin of hours, and every delay, detour and misunderstanding eats into it while a detective trails the pair under a mistaken assumption. The journey doubles as a tour of ports and rail lines as they stood at the height of the steam era, which is part of the book's continuing interest. Highlights: • 224-page paperback from Penguin Select Classics • A race against a fixed deadline rather than an antagonist • Travel by rail, steamer and improvised transport across continents • Short enough for readers new to nineteenth century fiction Suited to family reading and to anyone who enjoys travel adventure, published under Penguin Select Classics and available at Boipoka.