Oxford Progressive English Readers: Grade 3: Around the World in Eighty Days - Softcover

Verne, Jules

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9780195971439: Oxford Progressive English Readers: Grade 3: Around the World in Eighty Days

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ISBN 10: 0195971434 ISBN 13: 9780195971439

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2005

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Poor Passepartout! He agrees to work as the servant of Phileas Fogg because he wants a peaceful life. Mr Fogg is a gentleman who always does exactly the same thing every day. However, that very evening he starts work, his master returns from his club and tells him that they must leave for France. They are going to make the tour of the world. Mr Fogg had bet twenty thousand pounds that they can do it in eighty days! Mr Fogg's bet takes him and Passepartout to Egypt, India, Hong Kong, Japan and America, and leads to many exciting adventures. But they are not the only people making the tour of the world. Someone is following them, and seems to be trying to stop Mr Fogg from winning his bet...

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'Irresistible for children learning to read' - Child Education Plus; 'The Usborne Young Reading Program has a lovely selection of classic tales adapted for younger readers. Graded in seven levels, these have just enough stretch in them and yet are not too overwhelming' - The Irish Sunday Independent; 'Crack reading and make confident and enthusiastic readers with this fantastic reading programme. Seven steps take beginners from simply written folk stories told in 150 words through to lovers of classic and original stories and histories, biographies and classics told in 5,000 words. Colour-coded for ease of use, and presented in a beautiful hardback, every story is well-written and attractively illustrated in full colour by leading artists' - Julia Eccleshare --Julia Eccleshare

About the Author:

Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) started out composing librettos, but the French-born author's passion for travel and exploration compelled him to turn to adventure tales, creating the prototype for today's science fiction. One of the most translated authors in the world, Jules Verne is best known for his classics, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.

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