Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules VERNE (1828 - 1905)

In Which Phileas Fogg's Name Is Once More at a Premium on the Market

Around the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly-employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. (Summary from Wikipedia)


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