Around the World in Eighty Days: the Classic Adventure Novel by Jules Verne

Jules Verne

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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

What would you do to win a bet? In Jules Verne's classic adventure novel, Phileas Fogg bets his friends £20,000 that he can circumnavigate in 80 days. Since £20,000 in 1873 is roughly $2,000,000 today, this daring protagonist had a lot on the line!
In the novel, Phileas Fogg travels from London to Egypt to Bombay to Calcutta and onward, all with the help of his newly-hired valet, Passepartout. While Verne is often remembered for his science fiction works, Around the World in 80 Days sparked imaginations as a possible narrative based in the changing travel technology of the 19th century.

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Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77.