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Around the world in eighty days

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  • Running Time: 07:00 hrs
    Narrator: Patrick Tull
    Publisher:
    Recorded Books, 2018
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
  • Running Time: 07:25 hrs
    Narrator: Griffin, Gordon
    Publisher:
    Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2016
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
  • Publisher:
    Plympton, 2016
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

Details:

  • Author: Verne, Jules
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
    ,
    Copyrighted
    1986
    Summary:

    The adventure begins in London on Tuesday, October 1st, 1872, when rich British gentleman Phileas Fogg gets in an argument with a group of friends. He enters a wager that sets him on a race to make it around the world in eighty days. Although the trip begins as planned with his valet Jean Passepartout, he is quickly mistaken as a bank robber by Scotland Yard detective Fix. Now being pursued on his journey, Fogg must quickly travel in order to win the wager, see the world, and avoid being apprehended for a crime he did not commit in the ultimate adventure story.

    Genre:
    Action and adventure fiction, Classic fiction
    Subject(s): Voyages around the world | Wagers | Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (Verne, Jules) | Verne, Jules, 1828-1905 | French fiction
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, MD, [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781449871574