![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And can this be? - That he returns to London just five minutes too late to win his wager and retain his fortune? (Summary by Mark F. This is an adventure novel of the first water, with wholly unexpected perils, hair-breadth escapes, brilliant solutions to insoluble problems, and even a love story. But unbeknownst to him, British police are desperately seeking to arrest him for the theft of a huge sum by someone who resembles him, and they will track him around the world, if necessary, to apprehend him. With his excitable French manservant in tow, Fogg undertakes the exercise immediately, with no preparations, trusting that his traveling funds will make up for delays along the way. immediately after a newspaper calculates the feat as just barely possible. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a 20,000 wager (equal to about 2 million in 2016) set by. In Jules Vernes Around the World in 80 Days, Phileas Fogg, a solitary British gentleman of the Victorian era wagers that he. A man of the most repetitious and punctual habit - with no apparent sense of adventure whatsoever - he gambles his considerable fortune that he can complete a journey around the world in just 80 days. Mysterious Phileas Fogg is a cool customer. ![]()
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