The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership. Though exonerated of the bank robbery charges, he seems to have lost everything, but the story continues…and I won’t tell you the end. Only hours short of winning his wager, Fogg is arrested by Inspector Fix. The threesome visit Hong Kong, Japan, San Francisco, and the Wild West. Aouda and Fogg eventually fall in love and marry at the end of the book ( sorry for the spoiler…). But, Phileas Fogg decides to save the woman and succeeds to abduct her by tricking the guards. The designated victim Aouda is an educated lady, who was married against her will to the old Rajah of Bundelkund. burning of a woman after the death of her husband. On his way in India Phileas Fogg learns about the barbaric practice of ‘ Suttee‘, i.e. Map of the trip in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Fogg’s Nemesis, Inspector Fix Passepartout and Fogg have no idea about Fix’s true intentions, who wants to get Fogg back to England so that he can arrest him. During the voyage, Fix gets acquainted with Passepartout, but does not reveal his purpose for following them on the journey. But since it is impossible to secure a warrant in time, Fix goes on board the steamer crossing the Suez Canal directed to Bombay, India. Because Fogg matches the description of the bank robber, Fix mistakenly believes Fogg to be the criminal. While disembarking in Egypt, he is spotted by a dilligent Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who has been despatched from London in search of a bank robber. This is the beginning of the fabulous plot and from now on we see how Phileas Fogg travels around the world and witness the amazing adventures that he lives through together with his companions. Steamer (the China) across the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool and rail. San Francisco to New York City, United States Steamer (the General Grant) across the Pacific Ocean. Steamer (the Carnatic) across the South China Sea, East China Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. Steamer (the Rangoon) across the South China Sea Steamer (the Mongolia) across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.Ĭalcutta to Victoria, Hong Kong with a stopover in Singapore Rail to Brindisi, Italy, and steamer (the Mongolia) across the Mediterranean Sea. The originally planned schedule for the trip reads as follows: London to Suez, Egypt The only luggage they will carry about is a carpet bag filled with £20,000. Fogg tells Passepartout to pack only a few things, while everything else will be bought on the trip. on Saturday 21 December 1872 together with his newly hired resourceful valet Jean Passepartout, who is caught unaware of the bet polishing shoes. Sullivan, Flanagan, and Fallentin think Fogg does not take into account the unexpected.Īt the very same evening, Phileas Fogg is about to get on the train and start his expedition at 8:45 p.m. This conversation leads to a wager on £20,000 (£2,075,400 in 2017), where Fogg is quite sure he can travel around the world in eighty days only, while Sullivan doesn’t believe it can be done. One day at the London Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, Flanagan, Fallentin, and Sullivan are talking about a recent bank robbery. Having dismissed his former valet, for bringing him shaving water at 29☌ instead of 30☌, Fogg hires a Frenchman by the name of Jean Passepartout as a replacement. Overall, Phileas Fogg always lives a life in clockwork precision and is a passionate whist player. He’s a rich bachelor, around 40 years of age, but nobody knows the sources of his fortune. The English gentlemen Phileas Fogg lives at No. XX: In Which Fix Comes Face to Face with Phileas Fogg
Jules Verne, In Eighty Days Around the World (1873), Ch. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag a lady could not be expected to travel comfortably under such conditions.” “It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. It is one of Jules Verne‘s most acclaimed stories, where Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days only on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the London Reform Club. On January 30, 1873, Jules Verne‘s famous novel ‘ Around the World in 80 Days‘ ( Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) was published by Pierre-Jules Hetzel in Paris, France.
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