Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne's exhilarating race against the clock. A cool English gentleman wagers his fortune that he can circle the globe in eighty days, and sets off by rail, steamer, sledge and elephant.

At a glance A famously punctual Englishman makes an outrageous bet at his London club and walks out… What it's about Phileas Fogg is a man of iron routine who wagers half his money that he… Jules Verne sends them careering across continents by every conveyance the age of steam… Delays, rescues and unexpected detours pile up, and every lost hour threatens the whole…

Phileas Fogg is a man of iron routine who wagers half his money that he can travel around the globe in eighty days, and sets out at once with his newly hired French valet, Passepartout.