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Author Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

Title Around the world in 80 days / [Jules Verne ; translated by Paul Frederick Walter]
Edition Excelsior editions
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, 2013

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Series Excelsior Editions
Excelsior editions.
Contents ""Jules Verne: Around the World in 80 Days""; ""Contents""; ""Translator's Preface""; ""Chapter 1: In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout mutually accept each other as master and manservant""; ""Chapter 2: Where Passepartout is convinced he has found perfection at last""; ""Chapter 3: Where a conversation takes place that could cost Phileas Fogg a fortune""; ""Chapter 4: In which Phileas Fogg astounds his manservant Passepartout""; ""Chapter 5: In which a new share shows up on the London stock market""; ""Chapter 6: In which Fix the investigator is understandably impatient""
""Chapter 7: Which demonstrates once again that passports are no help in police work""""Chapter 8: In which Passepartout says a bit more than maybe he ought to""; ""Chapter 9: Where the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean cooperate with Phileas Fogg's objectives""; ""Chapter 10: Where Passepartout gets off easy with just the loss of his shoes""; ""Chapter 11: Where Phileas Fogg buys a fabulously expensive form of transportation""; ""Chapter 12: Where Phileas Fogg and his companions venture through the forests of India and what comes of it""
""Chapter 13: In which Passepartout proves once again that luck and pluck are partners""""Chapter 14: In which Phileas Fogg goes down the whole wonderful valley of the Ganges without even thinking to look at it""; ""Chapter 15: Where the bag of banknotes gets lighter by another couple thousand pounds""; ""Chapter 16: Where Fix plays dumb when he hears certain things""; ""Chapter 17: Which deals with this and that during the crossing from Singapore to Hong Kong""; ""Chapter 18: In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix go about their separate business""
""Chapter 19: Where Passepartout grows extremely concerned for his master and what comes of it""""Chapter 20: In which Fix makes direct contact with Phileas Fogg""; ""Chapter 21: Where the Tankad�re�s skipper is in real danger of losing his £200 bonus""; ""Chapter 22: Where Passepartout finds that even halfway around the world, it�s wise to have a little money in your pocket""; ""Chapter 23: In which Passepartout�s nose gets outlandishly long""; ""Chapter 24: During which they cross the whole Pacific Ocean""
""Chapter 25: Which gives a brief glimpse of San Francisco at election time""""Chapter 26: In which we ride an express train on the Pacific Railroad""; ""Chapter 27: During which Passepartout takes a course in Mormon history at a speed of twenty miles per hour""; ""Chapter 28: In which Passepartout can�t get anybody to use his head""; ""Chapter 29: Which will describe assorted incidents that are met with only on Union railroads""; ""Chapter 30: In which Phileas Fogg simply does what�s right""; ""Chapter 31: Where Inspector Fix behaves in Phileas Fogg�s best interests""
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Subject Fogg, Phileas (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
SUBJECT Fogg, Phileas (Fictitious character) fast
Subject Voyages around the world -- Fiction
FICTION -- General.
Voyages around the world
Genre/Form novels.
Road fiction
Novels
Fiction
Action and adventure fiction
Novels.
Action and adventure fiction.
Road fiction.
Fiction.
Romans.
Romans de la route.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1438446802
9781438446806
Other Titles Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours. English
Around the world in eighty days