Verne, Jules

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (Scholastic Classics)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Enriched Classic)

A classic of nineteenth-century French literature, this science fiction tale delves into the depths of the Earth, and by so doing, reveals the staggeringly long history of our planet.

THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES:

Â¥ A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information

Â¥ A chronology of the author's life and work

Â¥ A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context

Â¥ An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations

Â¥ Detailed explanatory notes

Â¥ Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work

Â¥ Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction

Â¥ A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience

Journey to the Center of the Earth (Unabridged Classics)

Around the World in Eighty Days (Puffin Classics)

In 1872 Phileas Fogg wagers that he can circle the earth in 80 days.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged Classics)

Classic Starts: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Classic Starts Series)

Around the World in Eighty Days (Penguin Classics)

Jules Verne’s career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction—stories that combined popular science and exploration. In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days—and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot- blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager. Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences upon its publication and remains hugely popular to this day.

The Extraordinary Journeys: Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Oxford World's Classics)

Now available in a new translation, this classic of nineteenth century French literature has been consistently praised for its style and its vision of the world. Professor Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel travel across Iceland, and then down through an extinct crater toward a sunless sea where they enter a living past and are confronted with the origins of man. Exploring the prehistory of the globe, this novel can also be read as a psychological quest, for the journey itself is as important as arrival or discovery. Verne's distinctive combination of realism and Romanticism has marked figures as diverse as Sartre and Tournier, Mark Twain and Conan Doyle.

Around the World in 80 Days

Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verne's hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber.

Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS gripped audiences upon its original publication and remains hugely popular to this day.


From the Cassette edition.

Around the World in Eighty Days (Unabridged Classics)