{"product_id":"9781853260902","title":"Around the World in 80 Days \/ Five Weeks in a Balloon","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Verne, Jules, Cardinal, Professor Roger (University of Kent at Canterbury), Carabine, Dr Keith (Univ \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eClassic fiction (pre c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 February 1994 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Wordsworth Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 126 x 21 | 252g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by Professor Roger Cardinal. University of Kent at Canterbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslationsare by Paul Desages (Around the World in Eighty Days) and Arthur Chambers (Five Weeks in a Balloon).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJULES VERNE (1828-1905) POSSESSED that rare storyteller's gift of being able to present the far-fetched and the downright unbelievable in such a way as effortlessly to inspire his reader's allegiance and trust. This volume contains two of his best-loved yarns, chosen from among the sixty-four titles of Les Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne's pioneering contribution to the canon of modern science fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days (1873) relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just! - in circling the globe within eighty days. The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive Weeks in a Balloon (1863) was Verne's first novel. It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient, imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson, the prototype of the Vernian adventurer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39947363713211,"sku":"9781853260902","price":3.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781853260902.jpg?v=1713559212","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9781853260902","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}