Around The World in 80 Days

Jules Verne (1828–1905) was a French writer. He was one of the first authors to write science fiction.  The action of J. Verne's novels, always very well designed, usually takes place in the second half of the 19th century. They are  exceptionally adventurous - "Captain Grant's Children" (1868), "Around the World in Eighty Days" (1873), "The Fifteen-Year-Old Captain" (1878), etc., and sc...