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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Chapters
- Chapter 1
A Proposal to Girdle the Earth
15:39 - Chapter 2
The Start
20:25 - Chapter 3
Southampton to Jules Verne's
16:56 - Chapter 4
Jules Verne at Home
16:34 - Chapter 5
On to Brindisi
23:13 - Chapter 6
An American Heiress
17:57 - Chapter 7
"Two Beautiful Black Eyes"
23:39 - Chapter 8
Aden to Colombo
15:22 - Chapter 9
Delayed Five Days
39:44 - Chapter 10
In the Pirate Seas
29:16 - Chapter 11
Against the Monsoon
16:51 - Chapter 12
British China
28:06 - Chapter 13
Christmas in Canton
29:55 - Chapter 14
To the Land of the Mikado
05:21 - Chapter 15
One Hundred and Twenty Hours in Japan
28:19 - Chapter 16
Across the Pacific
11:22 - Chapter 17
Across the Continent
15:11 - Chapter 18
The Record
11:41