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"This new and completely original translation of Around the World in Eighty Daysrenders Jules Verne's classic novel in a style that is both more understandable and more faithful to the spirit of the original French text than the commonly reprinted older English editions. Many of these older translations were acceptable when they were first published 150 years ago, but were translated with a Victorian British audience in mind. Their style is now very...
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Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always going by the shortest route. He did not give an idle look. He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture. When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days, little does he know about the epic journey that he is about to undertake....
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La aventura comienza cuando Phileas Fogg, un inglés aristocrático del siglo XIX, apuesta una fortuna irresistible a que puede dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días. Así, la novela relata el viaje de Fogg y su ayudante francés, Jean Passepartout, y abarca las peripecias y un sinfín de problemas y contratiempos que tienen que afrontar. El mayor obstáculo es el detective inglés Fix, que los persigue porque tiene la convicción de que Fogg es el ladrón...
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PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"London, 1872. One the day his world is turned upside down by a postcard from a lost love, Phileas Fogg is inspired by an article about the exciting advances in travel to take on an almost impossible wager -- to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. As a man who has spent the last twenty years in a comfortable leather armchair at The Reform Club, he will need all the resilience he can muster and of course would be nowhere without the assistance...
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Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg and...
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Foxton readers volume Level 2
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Foxton Books
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2017.
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English
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The Bank of England has just been robbed. Mr. Fogg leaves London so quickly it makes the police suspicious. Mr. Fogg takes half of his fortune with him to pay for the trip. With his new servant, Passepartout, he tries to travel around the world in eighty days. Detective Fix is chasing Mr. Fogg because he believes that Mr. Fogg is the bank robber. Fogg and Passepartout must avoid the police and not miss a train or a ship. If they do, Phileas Fogg will...
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Michael Todd Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an...
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"Phileas Fogg wages his entire fortune that he can travel around the entire globe in eighty days. But before departing on his fantastic journey, the Bank of London is robbed, and he becomes the prime suspect. Pursued by Detective Fix, Fogg must race against time to win the bet and prove his innocence."--Container.
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Baronet Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
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English
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"Before there were airplanes and high speed travel, Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman, bets 20,000 pounds that he can travel around the world in only 80 days. En route he meets a beautiful Indian Princess, gets mistaken for a notorious criminal and is pursued by a detective with a warrant for his arrest. Follow his fantastic adventures through four continents in his daring race against time. It's a fast-paced, action-packed, high-spirited journey...
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Gibbs Smith
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[2018].
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English
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Join Phileas Fogg and Passepartout on their trip though places such as Calcutta, Hong Kong, and San Francisco as they circle the globe heading back home to London. They travel using trains, ships, palanquins, a carriage, a sled, and even an elephant.
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Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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In this graphic retelling of the classic novel, Phileas Fogg bets his friends in London that in the year 1872 he can travel around the world in eighty days--and he and his personal attendant, Passepartout, find danger and romance on the journey.
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DVD, Ltd
Pub. Date
[2000]
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English
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The adventurous Phineas Fogg sails off with his manservant Passepartout, spanning the continents, visiting the world's greatest cities, crossing all the oceans, mountains and deserts, while a Scotland Yard detective follows in hot pursuit every step of the way.
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Bellona
Pub. Date
2010.
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Polish
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Tajemniczy, angielski dzentelmen Fileas Fogg przyjmuje niecodzienny zaklad, ze zdola w 80 dni objechac kule ziemska. Wraz z dwójka przyjaciól - obiezyswiatem i wiernym lokajem Passepartout i piekna ksiezniczka Aouda rozpoczynaja szalencza, pelna przygód podróz dookola swiata i brawurowy wyscig z czasem. Podrózników tropi niezlomny inspektor Fox, uwazajacy Fogga za zlodzieja, który okradl jeden z londynskich banków. Czy wygraja ten wyscig i......
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Classics illustrated deluxe volume 7
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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