Easy Readers are carefully selected works of well-known authors whose original texts have been shortened and simplified without sacrificing the original style. With their manageable structure and controlled vocabulary based on international word frequency research, Easy Readers can be easily understood at various levels of instruction. A-books contain about 600 words; B-books -- 1,100 words; C-books -- 1,800 words; and D-books -- 2,400 words. B-LEVEL READER In 1872 the Englishman Phileas Fogg and his male servant, the Frenchman Passepartout, leave on their adventurous tour around the world.