num_pages: 176
description: Taking up a challenge from his whist partners, a mysterious English gentleman named Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune and abandons his quiet domestic routine to undertake a daring feat: to circle the globe in a mere 80 days, an achievement unheard of in the Victorian world.Fogg and Passepartout, his devoted manservant, avail themselves of virtually every known means of transportation in their wild race against time. All the while, a devious detective dogs their every step and introduces fresh obstacles. The resourceful Fogg faces each new trial with unshakable aplomb, through a constantly shifting background of exotic locales — from the jungles of India, a Chinese opium den, and a Japanese circus to a full-throttle train ride under attack by Sioux and a bloodless mutiny aboard a tramp steamer.The most popular of Jules Verne's fantastic adventure stories, Around the World in Eighty Days first appeared as a newspaper serial in 1872, much to the delight of a world already agog with recent advances in technology. Its enduring blend of comic misadventures and thrilling suspense continues to enchant generations of readers.
language: English
title: Around the World in Eighty Days
titlecomplete: Around the World in Eighty Days (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
characters: Fix, Jean Passepartout, Phileas Fogg, Aouda
genres: Science Fiction, France, French Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Novels, Travel, 19th Century, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 245167
places: New York (State), Yokohama, South Asia, Hong Kong, Suez Canal, Liverpool, England, Atlantic Ocean, India, England, Bombay, Singapore, London, England, Calcutta, San Francisco Bay, California, United Kingdom
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Audie Award
category: Classic
publisher: Dover Publications