Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel written by Jules Verne and first published in French in 1872. It is one of Verne's most famous novels.
Phileas Fogg is a rich British gentleman living in solitude. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club, where he spends the best part of his days.
The story starts in London on Wednesday, 2 October 1872. At 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.
Fogg wagers £20,000, half of his entire fortune, against the other club members that he can make the trip in those 80 days. The bet is accepted and that same afternoon, accompanied by Passepartout, he begins his journey, financing it with the rest of his fortune.
From that moment the two are on the greatest adventure of their lives, and the setbacks come one after another as they race to reach London before December 21, 80 days later.
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This digital edition of the book Around the World in Eighty Days is based on the translation by George Makepeace Towle, 1874.
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- Pages
- 193
- Reading time
- 5 hours 18 minutes
- Pace
- Intermediate
- First published
- 1873
- Language
- French
- Downloads
- 4,705
153 years later, still timely
Why Read Around the World in Eighty Days in 2026?
A race against clocks and logistics told with dry humor and clean design. Verne celebrates precision, improvisation, and the grace of traveling without noise.
Today's connection
Great for geography or ethics conversations: what is gained by speed, what is learned by stopping. Short chapters and a steady timetable make it easy to serialize.
Time as engine
Schedules, setbacks, elegant pivots.
Global wayfinding
Routes that make the world legible.
Cross-cultural tact
Politeness and curiosity in motion.
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From Around the World in Eighty Days
I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new.
I'd like to see you do it in eighty days.
A true Englishman doesn’t joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager.
As for seeing the town, the idea never occurred to him, for he was the sort of Englishman who, on his travels, gets his servant to do his sightseeing for him.
Solitude is a sad thing, with no heart to which to confide your griefs.