Around the World in Eighty Days

When the punctual, unflappable Phileas Fogg bets his fellow London club members that he can circle the globe in eighty days, he sets off at once with his newly hired French valet, Passepartout. Jules Verne turns their race against the calendar into a whirlwind of trains, steamers, and even an elephant, crossing India, Hong Kong, Japan, and the American West. Complicating everything is Detective Fix, who trails Fogg across continents convinced the tidy Englishman is a bank robber on the run. Verne wrote at the dawn of global rail and telegraph, and the novel captures the thrill of a world suddenly shrinking. Its famous final twist still surprises. Warm, funny, and endlessly inventive, it remains one of the great travel adventures. This free PDF and EPUB edition is ready to read.