Around the World in Eighty Days

Marc Notes: Translated from the French.; This is the journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just - in circling the globe within eighty days. Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by versatility of his French manservant, Passepartout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour to the race against time. Review Quotes: "The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived."--Arthur C. ClarkeBiographical Note: Jules Verne (1828 1905), born in Nantes, France, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. Although he had studied law in Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. His most popular stories in addition to "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873) include "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" (1864), "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870), and "The Mysterious Island" (1874 75), all available in Signet Classics editions. In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century, "The Discovery of the Earth" (1878 80). After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died at Amiens, France. Herbert Lottman, a longtime resident of France, was the correspondent for a number of American and British periodicals and literary magazines. Among his twenty-seven books are biographies of Jules Verne, Albert Camus, Colette, and Gustave Flaubert, as well as of "The Left Bank: Writers, Artists and Politics from the Popular Front to the Cold War," "The Purge" (on postwar punishment of Nazi collaborators), and "The Fall of Paris: June 1940," all published in both the United States and France. Karen J. Renner teaches American literature and popular culture at Northern Arizona University. She has published essays on the apocalypse, the Antichrist, horror films, and reality ghost-hunting television shows. She is the editor of "The Evil Child in Literature, Film and Popular Culture," a collection of essays."Review Quotes: The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived. Arthur C. Clarke" Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 (EAN 9780304317691, Hardcover) School Library Journal 05/01/2007 pg. 100 (EAN 9780836876628, Library Binding) School Library Journal 07/01/2005 (EAN 9780307206824, Compact Disc) Kliatt 09/01/2005 pg. 44 (EAN 9780307206824, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2006 pg. 18 (EAN 9780307206824, Compact Disc) School Library Journal 07/01/2005 (EAN 9780307206282, Analog Audio Cassette) Booklist Editors Choice/Media 01/01/2006 pg. 18 (EAN 9780307206282, Analog Audio Cassette) School Library Journal 04/01/2005 pg. 70 (EAN 9781400101313, Compact Disc) Ingram Paperback Advance 05/01/2005 pg. 63 (EAN 9780451529770, Mass Market Paperbound) Publishers Weekly 02/14/2005 (EAN 9780307206428, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review Entertainment Weekly 07/06/2004 pg. 94 (EAN 9780140449068, Paperback) Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/1996 pg. 696 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) School Library Journal 07/01/1996 pg. 101 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1996 pg. 302 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1990 (EAN 9780670869176, Hardcover) Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/1996 pg. 696 (EAN 9780670867936, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 950 (EAN 9780192837783, Paperback) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 952 (EAN 9780192837783, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Verne, Jules Often labeled the "father of science fiction," Jules Verne was less concerned with the gadgets of science than with its effect of people. His fantasies explored the possibilities in a way that excited the imaginations of generations of readers and paved the way for the host of writers that followed in his footsteps.