Celebrated Translations -- Around the World in Eighty Days (Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: Jules Verne (France), translated by Chen Xiaoqing
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Mr. Verne's novels are among the bestselling today. Works such as Around the World in Eighty Days were immediately printed in over a million copies, nearly every child had a copy, and they were placed in the most prominent spots in family bookshelves. — émile Zola
In fact, Verne aimed to summarize the entire body of knowledge accumulated by modern science in fields such as geography, geology, physics, and astronomy, and retell the history of the world in his unique and enchanting way. — Alfred Eames
Modern science is merely the process of putting Verne's prophecies into practice. — Léon Tardieu
Around the World in Eighty Days is one of Verne's most famous novels and a classic of world science fiction. Verne is the founder of modern science fiction and is known as the "father of modern science fiction" and the "prophet of the scientific age." According to UNESCO's data, Verne is one of the top ten most widely read authors in the world. In 1986, he was selected for the "Personal Ideal Book Collection" list by France's Le Livre.