This is the 11th book in the Extraordinary Voyages Series. Classic Jules Verne yarn about Phileas Fogg, who, for a bet, decides to travel around the world in 80 days. Using whatever means necessary, he travels with his faithful servant Passepartout. Picking up a misinformed detective along the way, they travel to India (where he rescues an Indian girl from the funeral pyre of her husband), China, America and other places too.
In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a pund320,000 wager (equal to pund31,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club.
Around the World in 80 Days
In 1872 Phileas Fogg wins a bet by traveling around the world in seventy-nine days, twenty-three hours, and fifty-seven minutes.
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a ...
Verne's classic story of the whirlwind odyssey of Phineas Fogg and his servant, Passepartout, is rechronicled in a comic-book format inspired by the art-deco covers of Verne's original editions
A man named Phileas Fogg makes a bet with his friends that he can travel across the entire planet in eighty days.
But will he succeed and collect on his bets? This is one of the best-loved works by the French adventure and science-fiction writer Jules Verne.
Laura Eason's celebrated adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novel, a dazzling escapade that packs in more than fifty unforgettable characters.
""Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days (1873) is the story of Phileas Fogg, an affluent English gentleman who leads a solitar y life.
In 1872, English gentleman Phileas Fogg has many adventures as he tries to win a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days.