内容简介
AroundtheWorldinEightyDays(French:Letourdumondeenquatre-vingtsjours)isaclassicadventurenovelbytheFrenchwriterJulesVerne,firstpublishedin1872.Inthestory,PhileasFoggofLondonandhisnewly-employedFrenchvaletPassepartoutattempttocircumnavigatetheworldin80daysona￡20,000wagersetbyhisfriendsattheReformClub.《八十天环游地球》是凡尔纳一部引人入胜的小说，笔调生动活泼，富有微妙的幽默感。小说叙述了英国人福克先生因和朋友打赌，而在八十天克服重重困难完成环游地球一周的壮举。书中不仅详细描写了福克先生一行在途中的种种离奇经历和他们所遇到的千难万险，而且还在情节的展开中使人物的性格逐渐立体化。沉着寡言、机智、勇敢、充满人道精神的福克，活泼好动易冲动的仆人等，都给人留下了深刻的印象。
作者简介
JulesVerne(8February1828–24March1905)wasaFrenchnovelist,poet,andplaywrightbestknownforhisadventurenovelsandhisprofoundinfluenceontheliterarygenreofsciencefiction.BorntobourgeoisparentsintheseaportofNantes,Vernewastrainedtofollowinhisfather'sfootstepsasalawyer,butquittheprofessionearlyinlifetowriteformagazinesandthestage.HiscollaborationwiththepublisherPierre-JulesHetzelledtothecreationoftheVoyagesExtraordinaires,awidelypopularseriesofscrupulouslyresearchedadventurenovelsincludingJourneytotheCenteroftheEarth,TwentyThousandLeaguesUndertheSea,andAroundtheWorldinEightyDays.VerneisgenerallyconsideredamajorliteraryauthorinFranceandmostofEurope,wherehehashadawideinfluenceontheliteraryavant-gardeandonsurrealism.HisreputationismarkedlydifferentinAnglophoneregions,wherehehasoftenbeenlabeledachildren'sauthororawriterofgenrefiction,notleastbecauseofthehighlyabridgedandalteredtranslationsinwhichhisnovelsareoftenreprinted.Verneisthesecondmosttranslatedauthorintheworld(followingAgathaChristie),andhisworksappearinmoretranslationsperyearthanthoseofanyotherwriter.Verneisonewritersometimescalled"TheFatherofScienceFiction,"asareH.G.WellsandHugoGernsback.儒勒·凡尔纳（1828.2.8—1905.3.24），是19世纪法国著名作家，创作了大量优秀的文学作品，被誉为“现代科学幻想小说之父”。代表作有《海底两万里》、《八十天环游地球》、《气球上的五星期》等，其中《格兰特船长的儿女》、《海底两万里》和《神秘岛》被称为凡尔纳三部曲。近年来，随着对于其作品研究的不断深入以及原始手稿的发现，学界对于凡尔纳的认识也在趋于多样化。凡尔纳作为一位纯文学意义上的作家开始为一些学者所重视。
