Around the World in 72 Days by Nellie Bly

Around the World in 72 Days

Nellie Bly

185 pages first pub 1890 (editions)

nonfiction classics history travel adventurous slow-paced

Description

Originally published in 1890 in book form, the text was based on Nellie Bly's newspaper articles for the New York World. In 1889, Bly went around the world as a journalism "stunt" to beat the fictional record of Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg -- and e...

Read more

Community Reviews Summary of 49 reviews

Moods

adventurous 100%
informative 75%
funny 25%
inspiring 25%
lighthearted 25%

Pace

fast 66%
slow 33%

Average rating

3.35

See all reviews...

Content Warnings

This book doesn't have any content warnings yet!

If you're the author of this book and want to add author-approved content warnings, please email us at [email protected] to request the content warning form.