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    Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of Around the World in Eighty Days with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
    This engaging summary presents an analysis of Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, the story of an English gentleman who makes a bet that he can travel the world’s circumference in eighty days and embarks on an adventure of cultural exploration, love and chase, all with the police hot on his trail. It is a pioneering work in the adventure novel genre and one of Verne’s most acclaimed works, having been adapted for the big and small screen many times. Verne is considered a major literary author in most of Europe, whose modernist culture he greatly influenced, and is currently the second most-translated author in the world.
    Find out everything you need to know about Around the World in Eighty Days in a fraction of the time!
    This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
    • A complete plot summary
    • Character studies
    • Key themes and symbols
    • Questions for further reflection
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateNov 9, 2016
    ISBN9782806281050
    Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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      Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      French novelist

      Born in Nantes in 1828

      Died near Paris in 1905

      Notable works:

      Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), novel

      Around the World in Eighty Days (1873), novel

      The Mysterious Island (1874), novel

      Born in Nantes in 1828, Jules Verne initially began studying law, then published a play and several short stories after 1852. He became friends with Jacques Argo (French author and explorer) and met explorers and scientists. His first novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon (1863), was incredibly successful. It was the beginning of the Voyages extraordinaires, which were composed of 18 short stories and 65 novels, including Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the

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