AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
Author:
Jules Verne
First edition:
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours, adventurous novel in 37 chapters, 10th of the series Voyages extraordinaires, Hetzel, 1873.
Main illustrators:
Beaujard Benet Fouqueray Leroux Martin Morgan Neuville Prunier Roegge
In short:
In 1872, Phileas Fogg, a rich English gentleman, sets off on journey around the world in just 80 days, with his French vallet Passepartout. They are doggedly followed by detective Fix, who tries to arrest Fogg at each stopover for a bank robbery. They all undergo many adventures, delays with trains, loss of passports, they meet curious characters... In India, they save young princess Aouda from being burnt on her husband's funeral pyre, nd back to London, Fogg marries her.
Selection of edition:
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Alphonse de Neuville, 1873.
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Auguste Leroux, Hachette, 1938.
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Charles Fouqueray, Hachette, 1943.
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Morgan, Gallimard, 1988.
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Luc Weissmuller, Hachette Jeunesse, collection "Aventure", 1991, 352 p.
Le Tour du Monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Jame's Prunier, Gallimard, 1994.
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, illustrated by F. Martin, Atlas éditions, 1995.
Le Tour du monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Patrice Douénat, Rouge et Or, 1995.
Le tour du monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Yves Beaujard, Lito, 1997.
Le tour du monde en 80 jours, illustrated by Luc Weissmuller, Hachette, 1997.
More about it:
The book is said to be inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's novel Three Sundays in a Week. Verne's novel was such a success that it sold more than 110.000 copies during his lifetime!!