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What if your fortune and reputation depend on circling the world before eighty days run out?
In Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg turns a London club argument into a £20,000 wager. This precise English gentleman believes he can travel around the globe on a strict timetable. With his newly hired French servant, Passepartout, he sets off into a world where missed connections and sudden dangers threaten every carefully counted hour.
Passepartout hopes for a quiet life but finds himself racing through India, Japan and America instead. Detective Fix follows close behind, convinced that Fogg is a bank robber. Railways, steamships and an elephant carry the journey forward, while storms and delays put Fogg’s calm resolve to the test. Every obstacle asks how far planning can take anyone through an unpredictable world.
What you’ll discover
- A world in motion Travel from London to distant ports, where each arrival brings another urgent departure.
- Calm against the clock Watch Fogg meet mounting trouble with exact habits, steady manners and remarkable composure.
- A servant full of surprises Follow loyal, clumsy Passepartout as his warmth and mishaps unsettle his employer’s careful plans.
- A detective on their heels Feel the pressure grow as Fix pursues his suspect and tries to delay the journey.
- Wit amid the danger Enjoy dry humor, narrow escapes and unexpected friendships as the travelers race onward.
Is it for you?
This book suits readers who like quick plots, travel, and a gentle sense of humor. It is a good first adventure novel for anyone new to Verne. If you want deep psychology or modern views of empire, you may find it thin.
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- A wager made in a London club
- A detective who suspects the wrong man
- Across India by rail and elephant
- Rescue in the jungle and a new companion
- Arrests, delays and a lost ship in Hong Kong
- From Japan to the American plains
- What the book says about time and chance
- Three travelers and a man who follows
- How Verne tells the tale
Who’s who
- Phileas FoggA wealthy, precise Englishman who lives by the clock and bets that he can travel around the world in eighty days.
- PassepartoutFogg's lively French servant, loyal and clumsy, who hopes for a quiet life and gets a wild journey.
- Detective FixA police detective who is sure Fogg robbed the Bank of England and follows him across the world, trying to delay him.
- AoudaA young Indian widow, educated and brave, who is saved from a funeral pyre and joins the travelers.
- Sir Francis CromartyA British army officer who travels with Fogg across India and helps in the jungle rescue.
- Andrew StuartA member of the Reform Club who argues with Fogg and takes the bet that sets the journey in motion.
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by Jules Verne· 1872
A man bets he can circle the globe in eighty days.
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A wager made in a London club
The story opens in London in 1872, at number seven Savile Row. Phileas Fogg lives there alone, and almost nothing is known about him. He is rich, but nobody knows where the money comes from. He is a member of the Reform Club, and he spends his days there reading newspapers and playing whist, a card game. Every habit is timed to the minute.
His old servant James Forster is dismissed because he brought shaving water at the wrong temperature. This tiny failure shows how Fogg sees the world. A mistake of two degrees is a serious fault, and it ends a job. Fogg then hires a Frenchman who calls himself Passepartout, a name that means goes everywhere. Passepartout has tried many trades and hopes for a quiet life at last. He has no idea what is coming.
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Jules Verne
1828–1905 · French adventure novelist
Jules Verne was a French writer born in Nantes in 1828. He lived in Paris and later in Amiens, where he died in 1905. His novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).
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What is Around the World in Eighty Days about?
It is about Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman who bets that he can travel around the world in eighty days. He sets out with his servant Passepartout while a detective follows him, believing he is a bank thief.
Who is Phileas Fogg?
Fogg is a rich, calm and extremely punctual Englishman who lives in London and belongs to the Reform Club. He is a man of strict habits, and the book slowly shows his kindness and courage.
Is Around the World in Eighty Days a true story?
No, it is a work of fiction by Jules Verne, first published in 1872 and 1873. It was inspired by real travel advances of the time, such as new railways, steamships and the Suez Canal.
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