Around the World in 80 Days

Written by Jules Verne

Narrated by Michael Ward

This famous classic of Jules Verne details the grand adventure of the french valet Passpartout and his unflappable master, one Phileas Fogg in their journey around the world in eighty days, with Mr Foggs whole fortune at stake.

Narrated by Michael Ward

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Ward
• Release date: Jun 11, 2017
• ISBN: 9781662104886

Jules Verne

Jules Gabriel Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, France, in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. In Paris to train for the bar, he took more readily to literary life, befriending Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo, and living by theatre managing and libretto-writing. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was issued by the influential publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel in 1862, and made him famous. Verne and Hetzel collaborated to write dozens more such adventures, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1869 and Around the World in 80 Days in 1872. In later life Verne entered local politics at Amiens, where had had a home. He also kept a house in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne, and a beloved yacht, the Saint Michel, named after his son. He died in 1905.