书籍英文名：Around the World in Eighty Days
书籍作者：儒尔·凡尔纳 Jules Verne
书籍简介: Jules Verne’s career as a novelist began in 1863, when he struck a new vein in fiction—stories that combined popular science and exploration. In Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days—and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot- blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager. Combining exploration, adventure, and a thrilling race against time, Around the World in Eighty Days gripped audiences upon its publication and remains hugely popular to this day.
八十天环游世界！在交通、信息发达的现代社会，这并不是一件难事，但是在19世纪，却成了人们竞相传告、轰动一时的新闻。斐莱亚·福克就是这件新闻的制造者。他与他的牌友们下了一个两万英磅的赌注，要在八十天内环游地球一周。在当时那种交通条件下要完成这一计划确实是非常困难的。旅行者必须准确无误地把握时间，计划要一环扣一环，下了火车上轮船，下了轮船上火车，中间稍有延误，便会使计划脱节而前功尽弃。而福克先生在途中不仅遇到大自然设置的重重障碍，而且还被当做一个银行大盗沿途一直被跟踪、阻挠。但是福克先生以惊人的冷静、沉着，超人的毅力、智慧，克服一切困难与障碍，一路上使用了一切可以利用的各种各样的交通工具：轮船、火车、马车、商船、雪橇，甚至大象，终于用不到八十天的时间环游地球一周。只要你翻开这本书，你就会看到一个个曲折跌宕的情节，一个精彩纷呈的世界，一段动人的爱情故事……
