Around the World in 80 Days

by Jules Verne

Around the World in 80 Days was first published by Frenchman Jules Verne in 1873. It's an adventure novel in which Phileas Fogg of London and his valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days on a wager equivalent to about $2.5 million today. [Illustration by Neuville and Benett.]

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I. In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout Accept Each Other, The One as Master, The Other as Man

II. In which Passepartout is Convinced that He Has at Last Found His Ideal

III. In which a Conversation Takes Place which Seems Likely to Cost Phileas Fogg Dear

IV. In which Phileas Fogg Astounds Passepartout, His Servant

V. In which a New Species of Funds, Unknown to the Moneyed Men, Appears on 'Change

VI. In which Fix, the Detective, Betrays a Very Natural Impatience

VII. Which Once More Demonstrates the Uselessness of Passports as Aids to Detectives

VIII. In which Passepartout Talks Rather More, Perhaps, than is Prudent

IX. In which the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean Prove Propitious to the Designs of Phileas Fogg

X. In which Passepartout is Only Too Glad to Get Off with the Loss of His Shoes

XI. In which Phileas Fogg Secures a Curious Means of Conveyance at a Fabulous Price

XII. In which Phileas Fogg and His Companions Venture Across the Indian Forests, and what Ensued

XIII. In which Passepartout Receives a New Proof that Fortune Favors the Brave

XIV. In which Phileas Fogg Descends the Whole Length of the Beautiful Valley of the Ganges Without Ever Thinking of Seeing It

XV. In which the Bag of Banknotes Disgorges Some Thousands of Pounds More

XVI. In which Fix Does Not Seem to Understand in the Least What is Said to Him

XVII. Showing what Happened on the Voyage From Singapore to Hong Kong

XVIII. In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix Go Each About His Business

XIX. In which Passepartout Takes a Too Great Interest in His Master, and What Comes of It

XX. In which Fix Comes Face to Face with Phileas Fogg

XXI. In which the Master of the "Tankadere" Runs Great Risk of Losing a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds

XXII. In which Passepartout Finds Out that, Even at the Antipodes, It is Convenient to Have Some Money in One's Pocket

XXIII. In which Passepartout's Nose Becomes Outrageously Long

XXIV. During whicH Mr. Fogg and Party Cross the Pacific Ocean

XXV. In which a Slight Glimpse is Had of San Francisco

XXVI. In which Phileas Fogg and Party Travel by the Pacific Railroad

XXVII. In which Passepartout Undergoes, at a Speed of Twenty Miles an Hour, a Course of Mormon History

XXVIII. In which Passepartout Does Not Succeed in Making Anybody Listen to Reason

XXIX. In which Certain Incidents are Narrated which are Only to be Met with on American Railroads

XXX. In which Phileas Fogg Simply Does His Duty

XXXI. In which Fix, the Detective, Considerably Furthers the Interests of Phileas Fogg

XXXII. In which Phileas Fogg Engages in a Direct Struggle with Bad Fortune

XXXIII. In which Phileas Fogg Shows Himself Equal to the Occasion

XXXIV. In which Phileas Fogg at Last Reaches London

XXXV. In which Phileas Fogg Does Not have to Repeat His Orders to Passepartout Twice

XXXVI. In which Phileas Fogg's Name is Once More at a Premium on 'Change

XXXVII. In which it is Shown that Phileas Fogg Gained Nothing By His Tour Around the World, Unless It Were Happiness