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Round the World in Eighty Days

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    Round the World in Eighty Days is an adventure fiction novel by Jules Verne. It deals with voyages around the world.

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    About Round the World in Eighty Days

    "Round the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel published in 1872. Phileas Fogg, a wealthy English gentleman, wagers half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in exactly eighty days. Accompanied by his French valet Passepartout, Fogg races against time across continents by train, steamer, and elephant. Along the way, they rescue a young woman, evade a determined detective, and face numerous obstacles that threaten their precise schedule and the substantial wager.
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    • Adventure stories
    • Voyages around the world

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    Who wrote Round the World in Eighty Days?

    Round the World in Eighty Days was written by Jules Verne.

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    It is usually shelved as Adventure.

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    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

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