Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

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Around the World in Seventy-Two Days (1890)
by Nellie Bly

Chapter I: A Proposal to Girdle the Earth

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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.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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