Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.

Around the world in 80 days / Jules Verne - 189 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Replacement: The Clue in the Jewel Box by Carolyn Keene (HS 5350).


Phileas Fogg accepts Passepartout as servant - Passepartout finds his ideal master ? An unexpected development - Phileas Fogg bond?s appear on change ? Detective fix impatience incarnate ? The futility of Passports as aids to detectives ? Passepartout talks more than is prudent ? The red sea and the Indian Ocean prove propitious ? Passepartout pinned down by Brahmins ? Phileas Fogg travels on an elephant ? Phileas Fogg and party venture across Indian forests- Passepartout convinced that fortune favours the brave ? Phileas Fogg covers the gangetic valley oblivious to its beauty ? Thousands of pounds spent unplanned ? Fix in a state of confusion ? From Singapore to Hong Kong ? Each busy in his own business ? Passepartout takes great interest in his master ? Fix comes face to face with Phileas Fogg ? John Bunsby runs great risk ? Passepartout helpless ? Passepartout long nose ? Mr. Fogg and others cross the Pacific Ocean ? In San Fancisco ? Phileas Fogg and others travel by Pacific railroad ? Nobody listens to Passepartout?s reason -

Challenged into a wager, Mr. Phileas Fogg takes the bait: he has to go around the world in 80 days! Mr. Fogg, with his French valet Jean Passpartout in tow, sets out on a crazy adventure that takes him from the refined clubhouses of London to exotic lands of Egypt, India and Hong Kong. But with Scotland Yard?s detective fix in hot pursuit ? thanks to a mistaken identity ? will Mr. Fogg and Passpartout be back in London on time?



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Voyages around the world-- Fiction.
Wagers -- Fiction.

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