Round the World in Eighty Days (Longman Classics, Stage 2) - Softcover

Verne, Jules; D. K. Swan; Robert Geary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 058201817X ISBN 13: 9780582018174

Publisher: Longman Trade/Caroline House, 1991

Synopsis

Follows the adventures of Phileas Fogg, an imperturbable English gentleman, as, in 1872, he tries to win his wager that he can travel around the world in eighty days, in a controlled-vocabulary adaptation of Verne's classic tale.

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About the Author

Jules Verne, born at Nantes, France, in 1828, of legal and seafaring stock, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. Although he studied law at Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. His most popular stories, besides "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), include: "Five Weeks in a Balloon" (1863), "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "A Trip to the Moon" (1865), "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1872), and "Michael Strogoff" (1876). In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century, "The Discovery of the Earth" (1878-80). After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died at Amiens, France, in 1905.Isaac Asimov authored over 400 books in a career that lasted nearly 50 years. As a leading scientific writer, historian, and futurist, he covered a variety of subjects ranging from mathematics to humor, and won numerous awards for his work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Longman Trade/Caroline House
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 058201817X
• ISBN 13: 9780582018174
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 58