{"product_id":"round-the-world-in-eighty-days-1","title":"Round the World in Eighty Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e6W Jules Verne. London: Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. Kingston Surrey: The Chapel River Press, ca 1900.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eJules Verne’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wfWfIf fxyaSe\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"jAOkJc\" role=\"button\" id=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjXtfCu4NyUAxWhPkQIHeZCElEQ3egRegYIAAgHEAE\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);' tabindex=\"0\"\u003eRound the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (originally published in French in 1872) is a masterful, fast-paced adventure epic that captures the boundless optimism, burgeoning globalism, and technological triumphs of the late Victorian era.\u003c\/span\u003e The narrative centers on the unflappable, hyper-methodical English gentleman Phileas Fogg, who enters into a colossal £20,000 wager at London's Reform Club asserting that he can circumnavigate the globe in a mere eighty days. Accompanied by his fiercely loyal, acrobatic French valet Jean Passepartout, Fogg races against the clock across continents, utilizing every state-of-the-art and rudimentary transportation network of the 1870s—from freshly laid transcontinental railways and steamships to a makeshift elephant trek through the Indian jungle. The linear journey shifts from a rigid mathematical exercise into a high-stakes thriller as Fogg is relentlessly pursued by Detective Fix, a bumbling inspector convinced that Fogg is a fleeing bank robber, while also pausing to rescue Aouda, a beautiful Parsi princess who permanently alters Fogg's cold outlook on life. Beneath its breathless momentum, the novel explores themes of imperial efficiency, human mastery over time, and the profound realization that the greatest prize of a global journey is ultimately found in companionship rather than geographic conquest.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIBxAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eThe author, Jules Verne (1828–1905), drafted this definitive travelogue during a period of agonizing personal upheaval, transforming his private anxieties into his most commercially successful work.\u003c\/span\u003eWriting amidst the chaotic fallout of the Franco-Prussian War—during which he was conscripted into the coast guard and suffered severe financial strain—Verne became deeply fascinated by how contemporary technological breakthroughs were effectively shrinking the physical world. Specifically inspired by the synchronized openings of the Suez Canal, India’s unified railway network, and America’s transcontinental railroad, he designed the book to reflect a new, modern reality: the birth of global tourism. As the undisputed crown jewel of his celebrated \u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eVoyages extraordinaires\u003c\/em\u003e series, the book fundamentally reshaped Verne’s career, breaking past his previous reputation for dense, speculative science fiction to secure his status as a legendary mainstream storyteller. His uncanny ability to weave meticulous logistical facts with high-fidelity cultural observation transformed him into an international literary celebrity, cementing his position as one of the most translated authors in human history. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIDBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eThis specific early-20th-century edition, published in London by Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. and beautifully printed by The Chapel River Press in Kingston, Surrey, highlights the book's transition from a contemporary newspaper sensation into a permanent staple of the British home library.\u003c\/span\u003e Unlike the original, notoriously poor English translations of the 1870s that clumsily altered names and metrics, the high-quality early Edwardian productions issued by Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003erestored the text's narrative brilliance for a global, middle-class market eager for adventure. Historically, the enduring legacy of the novel ignited a global cultural obsession with circumnavigation, directly inspiring real-world daredevils like American journalist Nellie Bly to replicate and beat Fogg’s fictional record in 1889.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eBlue cloth binding with stamped decorations in black. Gilt label to spine. Softening to head and foot of spine with some sunfading as well. Some additional discoloration to the edges of the covers. Very good condition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-sfc-cb=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAAIExAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 12px 0px 16px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56543801114790,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/6563\/1040\/files\/57444C02-9961-4D22-AA5A-460B3D0FA67F.jpg?v=1780093096","url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/round-the-world-in-eighty-days-1","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}