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Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

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Number of Chapters: 18

Length: 6 hours and 05 minutes

Language: English

This is a true account by American woman journalist who, in 1889, set out to see whether she could beat the fictional journey in Jules Verne’s 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days. Wearing one dress and carrying one handbag, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (pen name “Nellie Bly”), reported her travels back to avid readers in America. (Summary by Mary Reagan)

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A Proposal to Girdle the Earth (Mary Reagan)
The Start (Mary Reagan)
Southampton to Jules Verne's (Mary Reagan)
Jules Verne at Home (Mary Reagan)
On to Brindisi (Mary Reagan)
An American Heiress (Mary Reagan)
"Two Beautiful Black Eyes" (Mary Reagan)
Aden to Colombo (Mary Reagan)
Delayed Five Days (Mary Reagan)
In the Pirate Seas (Mary Reagan)
Against the Monsoon (Mary Reagan)
British China (Mary Reagan)
Christmas in Canton (Mary Reagan)
To the Land of the Mikado (Mary Reagan)
One Hundred and Twenty Hours in Japan (Mary Reagan)
Across the Pacific (Mary Reagan)
Across the Continent (Mary Reagan)
The Record (Mary Reagan)
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