Where can I find "Le tour du monde en 80 jours"?

November 25, 2013 1:38 PM

I've bought hundreds of books online so please believe me I wouldn't ask such a dumb question without trying myself. My son would like a copy of Le tour du monde en 80 jours (English: Around the World in 80 Days) meeting these three criteria: in French, unabridged, with the original illustrations. Looked on amazon.com, amazon.fr, abebooks.com and several other places, but I can't find (a reasonably priced) copy that says explicitly that it meets all three criteria. We've already gotten burned! Apparently there are a lot of abridged student editions out there. I don't speak French myself so it's hard for me to parse the many French listings. Merci pour votre aide.
posted by iconjack to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Can't help you with a physical book, but Wikisource has the entire French text with the original illustrations by Alphonse-Marie de Neuville and Léon Benett. Single-page version here. You could try using the illustrators' names as search keywords. If it's unabridged it should say something like "texte intégral."
posted by theodolite at 1:57 PM on November 25, 2013

Best answer: The cheap (5.10 €) Livre de Poche edition contains the full text with the original pictures (and just for the fun, facsimiles of the original Hetzel edition are available here but they're pricey of course).
posted by elgilito at 2:11 PM on November 25, 2013

Best answer: This looks like the right version; the art looks right, and the cover says it's the full version. This one also looks good.
posted by jeather at 2:12 PM on November 25, 2013

Best answer: "Texte integral" on the cover tells you that it's unabridged, for what it's worth. I think this one meets all of your criteria -- there's "Texte integral" on the cover and "Illustrations de l'édition originale Hetzel" (illustrations from the original Hetzel edition). Renaud-Bray is the biggest bookstore chain in Quebec.
posted by irrelephant at 2:14 PM on November 25, 2013 [1 favorite]