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. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman living a solitary life in London. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 (equivalent to £1.9 million in 2019) set by his friends at the Reform Club. Around the World in Eighty Days at WikisourceĪround the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872.
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