Author(s): Verne, Jules
Reader(s): Homewood, Bill
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0231
Barcode: 9781843799726
Release Date: 01/2016

VERNE, J.: Around the World in Eighty Days (Unabridged)

Undoubtedly one of the most celebrated tales of all time, this is both high-octane thriller and fascinating travelogue. Phileas Fogg, intrepid Victorian gentleman-about-town, accepts a wager that he cannot travel around the world in 80 days. Naturally, he immediately sets off, accompanied by his French manservant Passepartout. They are pursued by a police officer, Detective Fix, who is foolishly convinced that Fogg is a bank robber. Much hilarity ensues. On the way, Fogg bravely rescues Aouda, a beautiful Indian princess, from a ceremony of ritual sacrifice. Unexpectedly, our thriller becomes a love story.

Tracklist

Disc 1
Verne, Jules - Author
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
1 Chapter 1 11:39
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
2 Chapter 2 08:43
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3 Chapter 3 15:31
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4 Chapter 4 07:29
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5 Chapter 5 06:54
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6 Chapter 6 09:50
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7 Chapter 7 06:04
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8 Chapter 8 08:09
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9 Chapter 9 04:16
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Disc 2
1 As for Passepartout, he, too, had escaped sea-sickness… 07:33
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
2 Chapter 10 11:34
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
3 Chapter 11 08:52
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
4 The train entered the defiles of the Sutpour Mountains… 09:42
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
5 Chapter 12 15:14
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
6 Chapter 13 14:02
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7 Chapter 14 10:48
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Disc 3
1 The railway, on leaving Benares, passed for a while… 03:10
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
2 Chapter 15 14:14
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3 Chapter 16 11:35
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4 Chapter 17 12:35
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5 Chapter 18 09:27
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6 Chapter 19 15:39
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7 Chapter 20 12:13
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Disc 4
1 Chapter 21 09:02
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
2 At daybreak the wind began to blow hard again… 09:01
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3 Chapter 22 15:09
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4 Chapter 23 14:17
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5 Chapter 24 14:14
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6 Chapter 25 14:32
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Disc 5
1 Chapter 26 11:19
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2 Chapter 27 14:26
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3 Chapter 28 17:23
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4 Chapter 29 14:54
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
5 Chapter 30 15:17
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
6 Chapter 31 04:27
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
Disc 6
1 At eight o'clock the sledge was ready to start. 08:20
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
2 Chapter 32 07:35
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
3 Chapter 33 17:37
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
4 Chapter 34 07:16
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
5 Chapter 35 12:12
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6 Chapter 36 08:17
Homewood, Bill (Reader)
7 Chapter 37 08:11
Homewood, Bill (Reader)

Total Playing Time: 07:38:42