"Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne is a 19th-century adventure where the very proper Phileas Fogg makes a bold bet, promising to travel around the world in only eighty days. With his newly hired French servant, Passepartout, Fogg embarks on an epic race against time, encountering a series of obstacles and surprises along the way. Readers first meet Fogg as a man of rigid habits and mysterious wealth, whose life is upended by a challenging discussion and an tempting wager at his club. Driven by the bet and with his loyal Passepartout by his side, Fogg sets off from London on October 2nd, immediately revealing his meticulous nature and unwavering commitment to the challenge ahead.
Around the World in Eighty Days
By Jules Verne
Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout travel around the world in an adventure of a lifetime, facing many challenges as they go.
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About the AuthorJules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well-researched according to the scientific knowledge then available, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into account the technological advances of the time.
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