First published in 1872 the adventures of phineas Fogg are rightly regarded as a classic. Verne's writing is very good. The characters are well drawn and the story is good fun. Naturally the age of the book is reflected in the attitudes and language but that is only to be expected. This is one of my favourite classics.

I purchased this as a leaving gift for a colleague who was planning to do some travelling. This edition is nice to give as a gift, but the print is quite small. I have read in paperback and enjoyed the adventure very much.

One of my all time favourite reads; about as comforting as a book can get when you are travveling or its raining cats and dogs outside. Sit back, relax and follow the wonderful cast of eccentric characters in Jules Verne's classic tale of travel and adventure. Will the evil Fix get his man? Can Mr Fogg really make it? A classic for all the right reasons.

Around the world in 80 days is a brilliant adventure story about an eccentric man who thinks he can go around the world in 80 days (without any aircrafts). This book is a bit hard to read because it contains many interesting words that some people may not know, but other than that it is a perfect book which I would recommend to children who like adventure stories and enjoys learning new words. Lorenzo, age 9

A book that has spawned a seven-segment TV documentary, a four-episode radio dramatisation, a three-part small screen series, two cinematic adaptations and even a stage production is nothing if not bordering on ‘classic’ status. Like all classics, however, many are so familiar with the broad contours of its storyline that they believe they need not read it. Yet such thinking is flawed since, despite considered as being aimed at a younger audience, Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days remains – 146 years after publication – arguably the greatest work of travel fiction ever written. For those unfamiliar with the plot, it goes thus: Phileas Fogg, a methodical – even mechanical – Englishman, makes a wager (£20,000) with fellow members of London’s Reform Club that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less. Leaving Charing Cross train station with him that very evening is his newly-hired manservant, Frenchman Jean Passepartout, who is tasked with carrying a carpet bag of money and a Bradshaw’s guide. The enigmatic Fogg, meanwhile, is suspected of having stolen money (£55,000) from the Bank of England, which leads Inspector Fix to crisscross countries in an effort to apprehend him and claim the reward. It is not long before the triumvirate comes into contact with Princess Aouda, the fourth protagonist in this ageless adventure. The prose is as vivid as it is lively, and despite the Frenchman’s caricature of an unruffled English gent and what could be interpreted as an Orientalist trope involving the rescuing of an Indian by Europeans, Verne’s 1873 book has aged well; that it also contains real-world knowledge pertaining to transportation, telegraphy and traditions undoubtedly undergirds its contemporary appeal. Peripheral characters might well be one-dimensional but, given the looming deadline which ensures the narrative’s pace never slackens, it can be thumbed in one sitting.