Most German learners never finish a real book. There is a gap between textbook exercises and real prose that feels impossible to cross. Around the World in 80 Days closes it. Jules Verne's classic race against time, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout crossing oceans, railways, storms, and suspicion to win an impossible wager, retold in short sentences and controlled A2 German vocabulary, so you can follow every chapter without losing the thread. 33 chapters. Summaries at the start of each one. Around 25,000 words of real, story-driven German. For self-study adults and German learners ready to finish their first real book in German.
Phileas Fogg and Passepartout race around the world to win an extraordinary wager.
Explore Around the World in 80 Days through an adapted German edition at CEFR A2+. Read for the story, pause over unfamiliar expressions and return to the passages that catch your interest.
This edition is labelled CEFR A2+. It is aimed at readers with an elementary foundation who want to move beyond isolated exercises. The level is a guide to choosing an edition; it does not mean every word will already be familiar.
The story is in German. The language of this page describes the edition and does not change its reading language.
This is a language-learning adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days, rather than the unabridged original.
Readers looking for German reading practice at CEFR A2+. Prior knowledge of the story is not required.
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