Round the World in Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg is a man so exact and self-contained that his life seems measured by the tick of a clock: wealthy, solitary, and so punctilious that even the Reform Club regards him with fascination. Into this ordered, almost mechanical world comes Jean Passepartout, a lively Frenchman with a past as varied as a circus act, who longs for stability and believes he has finally found it in Fogg's disciplined household. But the calm of London soon gives way to a daring wager, sparked by a debate over a sensational bank robbery and Fogg's cool claim that the globe can now be crossed with modern speed. With unshakable composure, Fogg bets twenty thousand pounds that he can circle the world in eighty days, then departs at once with Passepartout in tow, carrying only the bare essentials. As the journey unfolds, chance, weather, and suspicion conspire against him: the mysterious Detective Fix shadows the pair, delays threaten the timetable, and the rescue of the enigmatic Aouda adds both urgency and compassion to the race. Through it all, Fogg's precision, Passepartout's comic anxiety, and the relentless pressure of time drive the adventure forward. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.