Around the World in 80 Days (Bookcassette(r) Edition) [Audiobook, Unabridged] [Audio Cassette]

Jules Verne (Author), David Colacci (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1994

Verne's most outrageous "voyage extraordinaire" - a hasty world tour taken up on a gentlemen's club wager! Mr. Phileas Fogg, master of precision, enters into the strangest wager ever made over the whist table - that he will circle the globe in 80 days. The news astounds Jean Passepartout, sometime wandering minstrel, bareback rider, funambulist, gymnast and fireman, now turned valet to Mr. Fogg in the expectancy of a quiet and well-regulated life. For the next 80 days, their lives are anything but quiet or well-regulated.

Jules Verne preferred to call himself an author of "voyages extraordinaires." An extraordinary voyage it is, from Fogg's announcement to Passepartout that they are to "leave for Dover in ten minutes," to his triumphant return to the Reform Club at the last second!

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About the Author

Often labeled the "father of science fiction," Jules Verne was less concerned with the gadgets of science than with its effect of people. His fantasies explored the possibilities in a way that excited the imaginations of generations of readers and paved the way for the host of writers that followed in his footsteps.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Bookcassette (June 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561005673
• ISBN-13: 978-1561005673
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,381,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mark Holy Angels Review of audiobook, February 11, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Around the World in 80 Days (Bookcassette(r) Edition) (Audio Cassette)

Around the world in Eighty Days is a really great book. With a wonderful and thrilling adventure and some suspense. Around the world in eighty days is about a man named Phileas Fogg makes a bet with some of his fellow club members. With 20,000 pounds on the line Phileas Fogg starts his adventure right away with his servant Passepartout. But unsuspectingly are being followed by a detective named Mr. Fix who is accusing Phileas Fogg of a robbery. After many twist and turns Phileas Fogg arrives to India where he meets a young lady who's name is Aouda. Then after that he arrives to America and travels across the plains with his fellow travelers and Mr. Fix but is attacked by some enraged Indians. After making it to New York he travels across the sea to Ireland but with only less then a day left it will be pretty hard to make it in time. Read this book to see if he makes it or if he fails. I suggest this book to any reader who likes adventure and suspense.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Around the World in 80 Days, September 17, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Around the World in 80 Days (Bookcassette(r) Edition) (Audio Cassette)

The book that i am reading is Around the World in 80 Days.I did not really enjoy reading this book.I did not like this book because it had to many parts to it.
This book was mainly about a group of people who wanted to explore the whole world.They explored many new things in the world. The setting of this book is in the past.This was one reason it made the book a little bit more creative. This is one reason I did not like this book.