Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne is a reissue published by Simon and Schuster in 2024, featuring 308 pages in English. This classic adventure follows Phileas Fogg, a meticulous English gentleman whose predictable life is turned upside down when he wagers that he can circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied by his new valet, Passepartout, Fogg embarks on a journey filled with unexpected delays and dangers, all while being pursued by Detective Fix, who believes Fogg is a bank robber.
Readers will find a tale rich in action and adventure as Fogg and Passepartout navigate various modes of transportation, from boats to elephants, across diverse countries. The narrative explores themes of determination and the unpredictability of travel, as Fogg’s carefully laid plans are challenged at every turn. This edition invites both new and returning readers to experience the excitement of Fogg’s race against time, highlighting the classic elements that have made this story endure through generations.
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Phileas Fogg has always been a quiet, orderly, and predictable English gentleman who reads the newspaper, visits the Reform Club, and dines at exactly the same time each day. But this routine is abandoned when he wagers his fortune in an outlandish bet that he can travel around the entire world in eighty days. Fogg sets off immediately to prove his point, accompanied by his new valet, Passepartout, whose job is turning out to be quite different from the tranquil position he expected. As the pair travels by boat, train, carriage, and elephant from one country to the next, Fogg’s meticulous planning maps out their route. But not even he can anticipate every delay and danger along the way. And unbeknownst to him, the trip is being shadowed by Detective Fix, who is convinced Fogg is a bank robber running from justice. With the clock counting down, the only thing that’s certain is that this trip will end in either glory or ruin. —
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