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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

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Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 21, 2020. 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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