Literature

Hans Christian AndersenA short story about words, miracles, and the feeling of being different.Almost two hundred years ago, when the streets of Denmark were still made of clay and horse-drawn carriages rolled through the towns, there lived a boy with feet that were...

About 300 years ago, when there were no airplanes and many parts of the world were still blank spots on maps, there lived a man in England who told wonderful stories—about adventures, distant lands, and a man who lived all alone on an island.

Over 140 years ago, when people still traveled by steamship, letters were delivered by stagecoach, and children found adventure not on screens but in books, there lived a man in Scotland named Robert Louis Stevenson.

Not so long ago, when airplanes didn’t yet exist and trains had only just begun connecting the cities of the world, there lived a gentleman in London with a rather particular nature: Phileas Fogg. He was a man of precision and order, always impeccably dressed and punctual to the second. And yet, deep inside him, a spark of daring adventure waited quietly—ready to turn his life completely upside down.