Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 459
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Jules Verne remains a favorite author among children and adults because his works are just fun; they always have adventure, colorful characters, suspense, and a rollicking good story. Around the World in 80 Days is no exception. Phileas Fogg, the fastidious English gentleman, bets his friends at the club twenty thousand pounds, or what would be well over a million today, that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days traveling only by train, boat, and his own two feet, well before airplanes made such a feat easy. Nature, thieves, and a policeman named Fix are all out to stop Fogg before he can make it back to England and claim his prize, adding to the excitement of the story. Fogg with his faithful servant Passepartout, a play on the French for skeleton key and the English for passport, encounter a fabulous cast of characters, and Fogg even finds true love. The daring of Fogg has become the stuff of legend, inspiring not only several film and television adaptations, but even real-life attempts at the trip. The first step, though, is to dive in and see how Fogg does it!
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 302
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In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465548505
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Author: Michael Palin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages :
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In the autumn of 1988, Michael Palin sets out from the Reform Club to circumnavigate the world, following the route taken by Phileas Fogg 115 years earlier.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Pass partout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
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Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402736896
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781500744533
Category : Voyages around the world
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Around the World in 80 Days: English & French THIS EDITION: This is an abridged edition of Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne. The story was originally written in French. The French text has been in large part translated anew into English for this dual-language project. Essentially, the story has been rewritten in contemporary English from the original French. The emphasis is on attaining a high correlation between each set of text fragments. The dual-language text has been arranged into sub-paragraphs and paragraphs, for quick and easy cross-referencing. The book can be read in parallel text format (side by side), but can also be read only in English, or only in French. Some of the more descriptive detail, as well as some complex or otherwise confusing phrases and sentences have been omitted, the purpose being to simplify the text and make it more accessible to language students. That said, the flow of the story is retained throughout, and it contains all of the diverse scenes - that Jules Verne enthusiasts will be expecting. If you are having trouble with the level of difficulty in the text, a suggested path for learning languages is as follows: Familiarise yourself with a basic language instruction book - or re-read the one you have. Once a student has studied the basics, a suitable book about basic grammar can be helpful. The suggestion is that any grammar book be studied more with the intent of recognition and understanding, rather than memorising and obsessive rote learning. Go through as much of the grammar book you feel you can digest - maybe even the whole book - skipping over what is not easily understood. After this, read through a portion of text in a book called 'French Sentences', by 2LanguageBooks, looking for examples of what you have picked up (or gleaned) in your hopefully not so arduous study of grammar. Even repeatedly seeing a word that you remember seeing listed as a 'subject pronoun' or a 'third person plural' verb of some sort is a great help. Then, depending on your inclination, return to the grammar book (or your basic French book), or move on to lengthier bilingual text - like in 2Language Books texts containing conversations, news, or stories, for example -, or find some suitable French text: a simple novel, a French news website, etc. Grammar books will likely have some verb charts. However, there are currently good on-line resources that go further - dictionaries with a verb conjugation 'search' option. Many basic language books offer some form of audio support. Internet services - primarily news based radio stations - offer podcasts. Audio from television is an additional resource, and can be formatted for use on various digital platforms. However, if audio is an important component of your interest in languages, electronic devices that support quality text-to-speech (TTS) will likely be appealing. With a library card, TTS technology (in a device that supports the relevant content), and the above mentioned resources, an entire language learning system is available for not much more than a cup of coffee! There is no substantial financial outlay to get you started. Furthermore, there are no additional ongoing fees (and updates), and there are no expiry dates on 'premium' content and resources. (A Dual-Language Book Project) 2Language Books
Author: Jules Verne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781521268476
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 457
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Phileas Fogg is a rich British gentleman living in solitude. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. At the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. Londres, 2 octobre 1872. Comme tous les jours, Phileas Fogg se rend au Reform Club. En feuilletant le journal, il apprend qu'il est possible d'accomplir le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. Une vive discussion s'engage � propos de cet article. Phileas Fogg parie 20 000 livres, la moiti� de sa fortune, avec ses coll�gues du Reform Club qu'il r�ussira � achever ce tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours.
Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Classics
ISBN: 9781577655336
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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