Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne - Dover ed.)

Author: Jules Verne

ISBN: 9780486411118

Binding: paperback

Section: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Taking up a challenge from his whist partners, a mysterious English gentleman named Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune and abandons his quiet domestic routine to undertake a daring feat: to circle the globe in a mere 80 days, an achievement unheard of in the Victorian world. Fogg and Passepartout, his devoted manservant, avail themselves of virtually every known means of transportation in their wild race against time. All the while, a devious detective dogs their every step and introduces fresh obstacles.