Around the World in Eighty Days

　　一場意外的賭約，費雷斯．福格帶著他的僕人「萬事通」，展開了為期八十天的世界之旅，途中他們經歷了颶風、冰雪、火車掠劫……種種不可預知的風險，在在考驗這對主僕能否順利完成任務。

　　歐洲、非洲、亞洲、美洲，總長兩萬六千英哩的艱險路程，萬一不能在八十天內環繞世界一周，費雷斯．福格的身家財產將會全部付諸東流……

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　　在交通工具不發達的十九世紀末，想用八十天完成環遊世界的壯舉，無疑是極為艱難的挑戰。從倫敦出發，經歐洲、非洲、亞洲、美洲，再回到英國，這趟總長兩萬六千英哩的環球大冒險，一旦稍有閃失，就會全盤皆輸。

　　在那個沒有飛機的年代，所有的行程全靠火車、輪船，偏偏旅途上充滿種種不可預知的風險和阻礙，意外、災難、天候不時攪局，費雷斯．福格要如何完成這趟驚奇之旅？

　　性情古怪的神秘紳士費雷斯．福格，究竟是一個正人君子，還是邪惡的銀行竊盜犯？負責偵辦英國國家銀行竊案的法克斯警探，亦步亦趨地跟在他背後，在這段冒險旅程中，處處設法干擾、牽制，千方百計想將他逮捕，能夠如願嗎？

　　費雷斯．福格能不能贏得最後勝利呢？

　 　★《環遊世界八十天》是十九世紀法國著名的幻想作家儒勒．凡爾納的代表作之一，也是最受推崇、最暢銷的冒險小說，不但創下全球銷售數千萬冊的成績，也曾 多次被改編成電影、電視、動畫。儒勒．凡爾納以優雅細膩的文筆、平易的語言和豐富的想像力，將這個膾炙人口的冒險故事鋪陳得極為曲折精采。

　　本書中譯本<<環遊世界八十天>>由亞洲出版

　　On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days.

　　Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock.

　　The exciting adventures of Fogg and Passepartout in Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days will entertain modern readers as much as they did the Victorians, and are accompanied here by an afterword from John Grant.

儒勒．凡爾納（Jules Verne）

　　法國著名文豪，科學幻想冒險小說先驅，擅長將科學理論與 文學創作加以融合，創造出結合浪漫主義與現實主義的精采作品。一生寫了六十多部科幻小說，被譽為「科幻小說之父」。從地上到天上，再到大海、地心，儒勒． 凡爾納（Jules Verne）以生花妙筆寫成的作品，已被譯成數十種語言在世界各地廣為流傳，深受全球讀者喜愛。代表作品有《環遊世界八十天》《地心歷險記》《海底兩萬 里》《氣球上的五星期》《格蘭特船長的兒女》、《神秘島》……等。

　　Jules Gabriel Verne was born in France in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. He trained for the bar in Paris but took more readily to literary life, befriending Dumas and Hugo, and making his living by writing librettos. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was published in 1862 and made him famous. Verne went on to write dozens more such adventures, including Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). In later life, he entered local politics at Amiens, where he had a home, and also lived in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne. He died in 1905.