Around the World in 80 Days: English & French THIS EDITION: This is an abridged edition of Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne. The story was originally written in French. The French text has been in large part translated anew into English for this dual-language project. Essentially, the story has been rewritten in contemporary English from the original French. The emphasis is on attaining a high correlation between each set of text fragments. The dual-language text has been arranged into sub-paragraphs and paragraphs, for quick and easy cross-referencing. The book can be read in...

Around the World in 80 Days: English to French THIS EDITION: This is an abridged edition of Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne. The story was originally written in French. The French text has been in large part translated anew into English for this dual-language project. Essentially, the story has been rewritten in contemporary English from the original French. The emphasis is on attaining a high correlation between each set of text fragments. The dual-language text has been arranged into sub-paragraphs and paragraphs, for quick and easy cross-referencing. Some of the more...

Around the World in 80 Days: Abridged English Edition THIS EDITION: This is an abridged edition of Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne. The story was originally written in French. The French text has been in large part translated anew into English, and has been broken into text fragments, for a dual-language project. Essentially, the story has been rewritten in contemporary English from the original French. Some of the more descriptive detail, as well as some complex or otherwise confusing phrases and sentences have been omitted, the purpose being to simplify the text and make it...