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Around the World in Eighty Days: read and explore
When London gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune that he can circle the globe…
About this reading
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Form
- novel
- Catalog year
- 1872
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Read Around the World in Eighty DaysPreview the language: IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS
IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he …
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