Monday, July 16 through Friday, August 3, 2018. Read by Jim Fleming.
With his valet Passepartout, Phileas Fogg attempts to travel around the globe in just eighty days in order to win a £20,000 wager. The novel describes his passage through exotic lands and dangerous locations using whatever transportation is at hand, overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.
(Penguin: ISBN-10: 014044906X)
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THEME: Artist: Victor Young & Big Orchestra; Song: Around The World (Overture); Album: Around The World in Eighty Days (OST 1956)
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