World Youth Literature Selection - Around the World in Eighty Days

Author: Jules Verne
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Publish Date: 2003-05-25
Features: Selected Works of World Youth Literature. Mr. Fogg made a bet with his friends that he could travel around the world in eighty days. He set out immediately, taking his newly hired servant Passepartout with him. At the time, a large sum of money had just been stolen from a bank, so people suspected it was Fogg's doing. Detective Fix trailed him closely, causing him all sorts of trouble. Just as Mr. Fogg, after enduring all kinds of hardships and twists, was nearing the peak of success, Fix arrested him. It seemed he had lost for sure.