{"product_id":"around-the-world-in-eighty-days","title":"Around the World in Eighty Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in serial form in 1872, Jules Verne’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e begins with an audacious wager: the reserved English gentleman Phileas Fogg believes he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied by his lively French valet, Passepartout, he sets out from London on a journey of steamships, railways and unexpected detours, pursued by Detective Fix, who suspects him of a bank robbery. From the bustling ports of the British Empire to remote landscapes and unfamiliar cities, every delay threatens the wager and tests Fogg’s extraordinary composure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlending adventure, humour and social observation, Verne’s novel captures the exhilaration of a world being transformed by modern transport and imperial-era travel. Beneath its ingenious timetable lies a subtler story about chance, loyalty and the limits of treating life as a mathematical problem. One of Verne’s best-loved \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExtraordinary Voyages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the novel remains a defining work of adventure fiction, propelled by the irresistible question of whether precision and determination can triumph over the unforeseen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The unforeseen does not exist.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jules Verne, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn\u003cem\u003e Around the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Useful, entertaining, poignant, and moral.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Henri Trianon, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLe Constitutionnel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1873)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64065657504074,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/around-the-world-in-eighty-days","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}