Series Editors: Bill Bowler and Sue Parminter Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne Text adaptation by Bill Bowler Illustrated by Mark Draisey Jules Verne (1828-1905) was born in Nantes, France, and he started to write for the theatre when he was a student in Paris. His first novel was Five Weeks in a Balloon (1862), and he went on to write more than sixty other science fiction and adventure books. He became one of the most famous writers of his time. OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESSBEFORE READING 1 Match the words with the pictures. 2. balloon bicycle camel car ital elephant horse and carriage ship train 2 The story happens in 1872. How do people move from country to country?around lithe way round world where we all live; people live in lots of different countries in the world