Fogg promises the steamer engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout without revealing his purpose. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix boards the steamer (the Mongolia) conveying the travellers to Bombay. Because Fogg matches the vague description of the robber, Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of a bank robber. Steamer (the China) across the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool and railįogg and Passepartout reach Suez in time. San Francisco to New York City, United States Steamer (the General Grant) across the Pacific Ocean Steamer (the Carnatic) across the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean Steamer (the Rangoon) across the South China Sea Steamer (the Mongolia) across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean Rail to Brindisi and steamer (the Mongolia) across the Mediterranean Sea The itinerary (as originally planned) London, United Kingdom to Suez, Egypt on October 2 in order to win the wager, he must return to the club by this same time on December 21, 80 days later. Accompanied by Passepartout, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45 P.M. He accepts a wager for £20,000 (equal to about £ 1.6 million in 2015) from his fellow club members to complete such a journey within this time period. Having dismissed his former valet, James Forster, for bringing him shaving water at 84 ☏ (29 ☌) instead of 86 ☏ (30 ☌), Fogg hires a Frenchman by the name of Jean Passepartout as a replacement.Īt the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Phileas Fogg is a rich British gentleman living in solitude. The story starts in London on Tuesday, October 1, 1872. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. 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 (equal to about £2 million in 2016) set by his friends at the Reform Club. 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, published in 1873.
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