TY  - BOOK
AU  - Verne,Jules,1828-1905
AU  - Moser,Barry
AU  - Towle,George M.
TI  - Around the world in eighty days / Jules Verne; translated by G.M. Towle
SN  - 9780553213560
U1  - 843.8   19
PY  - 1988///]
CY  - New York : 
PB  -  Books of Wonder, ,  Morrow, 
KW  - voyages around the world
KW  -  Juvenile fiction
KW  - Adventure stories
KW  - Children's stories
KW  - Science fiction
KW  - Adventure fiction
KW  -  gsafd
N1  - "A Bantam Classic."; Translation of: Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours
N2  - Great excitement and awe greeted its publication in 1873, and today Around the World in Eighty Days remains Jules Verne's most successful novel. A daring wager by the eccentric and mysterious Englishman Phileas Fogg that he can circle the globe in just eighty days initiates this marvelous travelogue and exciting suspense story. Together with his manservant, Passepartout, Fogg makes a breathless world tour, overcoming  wild misadventures and finding time to rescue a beautiful Indian maharani from a burning funeral pyre-all the while restlessly pursued by a bumbling detective called Mr. Fix. Realistically utilizing nearly every means of transportation known in the 1870s, Around the World in Eighty Days generated enchantment with scientific progress-and its delightful mixture of fantasy, comedy, and dazzling suspense has kept it a perennially superb entertainment.   Read less
ER  -