Shocking his stodgy colleagues at the exclusive Reform Club, enigmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune, undertaking an extraordinary and daring enterprise: to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his French valet Passepartout in tow, Verneâs hero traverses the far reaches of the earth, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix, a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber. Set from the text of George M. Towleâs original 1873 translation, this Modern Library Paperback Classic of Verneâs adventure novel comes vividly alive, brilliantly reīŦecting on time, space, and one manâs struggle to reach beyond the bounds of both science and society.