Around the World in Seventy-Two Days
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)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Travel & Geography
Language: English
Keyword(s): literature (1952), Verne (11), Bly (1)
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | A Proposal to Girdle the Earth | Mary Reagan |
00:15:39 |
| Play 02 | The Start | Mary Reagan |
00:20:25 |
| Play 03 | Southampton to Jules Verne's | Mary Reagan |
00:16:56 |
| Play 04 | Jules Verne at Home | Mary Reagan |
00:16:34 |
| Play 05 | On to Brindisi | Mary Reagan |
00:23:13 |
| Play 06 | An American Heiress | Mary Reagan |
00:17:57 |
| Play 07 | "Two Beautiful Black Eyes" | Mary Reagan |
00:23:39 |
| Play 08 | Aden to Colombo | Mary Reagan |
00:15:22 |
| Play 09 | Delayed Five Days | Mary Reagan |
00:39:44 |
| Play 10 | In the Pirate Seas | Mary Reagan |
00:29:16 |
| Play 11 | Against the Monsoon | Mary Reagan |
00:16:51 |
| Play 12 | British China | Mary Reagan |
00:28:06 |
| Play 13 | Christmas in Canton | Mary Reagan |
00:29:55 |
| Play 14 | To the Land of the Mikado | Mary Reagan |
00:05:21 |
| Play 15 | One Hundred and Twenty Hours in Japan | Mary Reagan |
00:28:19 |
| Play 16 | Across the Pacific | Mary Reagan |
00:11:22 |
| Play 17 | Across the Continent | Mary Reagan |
00:15:11 |
| Play 18 | The Record | Mary Reagan |
00:11:41 |