Resultados para "Around the World in 80 Days" en Literatura de género

Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable fortune that he can complete a journey around the world in just 80 days...immediately after a newspaper calculates the feat as just barely possible. With his excitable French manservant in tow, Fogg undertakes the exercise immediately, with no preparations, trusting that his traveling funds will make up for delays along the way.

French author Jules Verne earned recognition as one of the founders of science-fiction tales. Although, as one of those called “fathers of science fiction”, Verne often said he had not aimed at seeming scientific, claiming, “I have invented nothing." However, he did feel, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.” As one of those “other” men he did exactly that in his marvelous description of Phileas Fogg and his remarkable journey Around the World in Eighty Days, a trip done without any modern transportation.

El escritor francés Julio Verne es el padre de la literatura de ciencia ficción. En sus novelas siempre incluía los avances científicos de su tiempo y, gracias a su intuición, se anticipó al submarino o a los viajes espaciales. En 1872 publicó por entregas "La vuelta al mundo en 80 días" y fue tal su éxito que se cruzaron apuestas reales.