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Around the world in 80 books /

A transporting and illuminating voyage around the globe, through classic and modern literary works that are in conversation with one another and with the world around them. Inspired by Jules Verne's hero Phileas Fogg, David Damrosch, chair of Harvard University's department of comparative...

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Main Author:	Damrosch, David (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Penguin Books, [2021].
Subjects:	Literature. World history in literature. Literary criticism.

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