Fogg promises the steamer engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout without revealing his purpose. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix boards the steamer (the Mongolia) conveying the travellers to Bombay. Since Fogg fits the vague description Scotland Yard was given of the robber, Detective Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a Scotland Yard policeman, Detective Fix, dispatched from London in search of a bank robber.
Steamer (the China) across the Atlantic Ocean to Liverpool and railįogg and Passepartout reach Suez on time. 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 OceanĬalcutta to Victoria, Hong Kong with a stopover in Singapore Rail to Brindisi, Italy, via Turin and steamer (the Mongolia) across the Mediterranean Sea They take the remaining £20,000 of Fogg's fortune with them to cover expenses during the journey. that evening to win the wager, he must return to the club by this same time on 21 December, 80 days later. With Passepartout accompanying him, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45 p.m. He accepts a wager for £20,000, half of his fortune, from his fellow club members to complete such a journey within this period. On the evening of 2 October 1872, while at the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. Having dismissed his valet for bringing him shaving water at a temperature slightly lower than expected, Fogg hires Frenchman Jean Passepartout as a replacement. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club, where he spends the best part of his days. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives modestly and carries out his habits with mathematical precision. He is currently the second-most translated author in the world, second only to William Shakespeare.Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman living a solitary life in London. Though Verne's works were initially considered children's literature, his reputation changed as he gained popularity and he is now regarded as an important predecessor of French avant-garde and surrealist literature. Around the World in Eighty Days is a part of this collection. As he gained popularity and made contact with a well-known French publisher, Verne’s works began to be collected in a heavily-researched adventure novel sequence called the Voyages Extraorindaires. Verne began to write short stories that were both entertaining and educational about geography and science, and which were published serially in magazines. He frequented saloons where he met Alexandre Dumas and became a close friend and collaborator with his son. As an adult, he moved to Paris, where his father expected him to follow in his footsteps and become a lawyer, but Verne was more interested in writing poetry and plays. He excelled at geography from an early age and was especially interested in sailing, becoming a cabin boy on a ship at age eleven. At age six, Verne was sent to boarding school in Nantes and at eight went on to Catholic school. He grew up there with his father (an attorney and devout Catholic), mother, and four younger siblings. Jules Verne was born on a small island within Nantes, France.