Round the World in Eighty Days

Around the World in Eighty Days is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a euro 20, 000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.