Around the World in Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg bets his fortune that he can circle the globe in just eighty days. With his resourceful valet Passepartout, he races across continents by train, steamer, elephant, and sheer determination.

From the railways of India to a wind-driven sledge across the American prairie, the pair encounters storms, bandits, and the dogged pursuit of Detective Fix, who is convinced Fogg is a bank robber fleeing justice. Verne crafted the story during a period of rapid technological change, and the novel captures the excitement of a world suddenly made smaller by steamships, railways, and the newly opened Suez Canal.

First serialized in a French newspaper in 1872, Around the World in Eighty Days became an immediate international sensation and remains one of the most beloved adventure novels ever written, a testament to the power of determination and the joy of the journey itself.