description: Verne's most outrageous "voyage extraordinaire"—a hasty world tour taken up on a gentleman's club wager!Mr. Phileas Fogg, master of precision, enters into the strangest wager ever made over the whist table—that he will circle the globe in 80 days. The news astounds Jean Passepartout, sometime wandering minstrel, bareback rider, funambulist, gymnast, and fireman, now turned valet to Mr. Fogg in the expectancy of a quiet and well-regulated life. For the next 80 days, their lives are anything but quiet or well-regulated.This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
language: English
title: Around the World in 80 Days
titlecomplete: Around the World in 80 Days (Classic Collection)
characters: Jean Passepartout, Fix, Phileas Fogg, Aouda
genres: Travel, Fantasy, Literature, Novels, French Literature, 19th Century, Classic Literature, Science Fiction, Audiobook, France
ratings_count: 245332
places: London, England, Suez Canal, England, New York (State), Hong Kong, India, United Kingdom, Atlantic Ocean, Calcutta, San Francisco Bay, California, Liverpool, England, Bombay, Singapore, Yokohama, South Asia
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Brilliance Audio