Jules Verne Classics

Around the World in 80 days / Five Weeks in a Balloon

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time.

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer.

From the Earth to the Moon / Around the Moon

In two of Verne's most famous novels, From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, iconic heroes set about an undertaking people had never previously dreamed of attempting: launching into outer space.

• Author  -  Jules Verne
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• Age -  Adult
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• Publisher  -  Wordsworth
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• Format  -  Paperback
• Weight  -  <300g
• Size  -  20 x 13 cm
  
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