Round the world in eighty days
Title:
Round the world in eighty days
Author:
Palmer, Harold E., 1877-1949.
ISBN:
9780582427204
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Edition:
New ed.
Publication Information:
Harlow : Pearson Education, 1999.
Physical Description:
vii, 119 p. ; 20 cm.
Series:
Penguin readers. Level 5
Series Title:
Penguin readers. Level 5
General Note:
Originally published: Harlow : Longman, 1993.
Contents:
Mr. Phileas Fogg and Passepartout -- Fix, the detective -- The train to Allahabad -- A suttee -- Saving Aouda -- Stopped by the police -- Calcutta to Hong Kong -- Passepartou drinks too much -- Mr. Fogg misses the boat -- The storm -- Passepartou has no money -- Crossing the Pacific ocean -- A quarrel in San Francisco -- Full speed! -- An attack by Indians -- A sledge with sails -- Mr. Fogg tries to find a ship -- Mr. Fogg buys the Henrietta -- Mr. Fogg is in prison -- A mistake in the day.
Abstract:
The year is 1872 and Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London . Then he makes a bet with his friends that he can travel around the world in eighty days. A crazy and colourful race across Europe, Africa, Asia, and America follows. There are many dangers along the way, and a British detective who is trying to slow down Fogg so that he can arrest him!
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