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The Extraordinary Journeys: Around the World in Eighty Days (Oxford World's Classics)
The Extraordinary Journeys Around the World in Eighty Days - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Jules Verne
Around the World in Eighty Days has been a bestseller for over a century, but it has never before appeared in a critical edition. While most translations misread or even abridge the original, this stylish version is completely true to Verne's classic, moving as fast and as brilliantly as Phineas Fogg's own race against time. Aroun...  more » offers a strong dose of post-romantic reality but not a shred of science fiction: its modernism lies instead in the experimental technique and Verne's unique twisting of space and time.
ISBN-13: 9780199552511
ISBN-10: 0199552517
Publication Date: 11/15/2008
Pages: 304
Edition: New Ed. /
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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