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Around the World in Eighty Days. Jules Verne. Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except ...
Book: Around the World in Eighty Days Author: Jules Verne, 1828–1905 Translator: George Makepeace Towle, 1841–1893 First published: 1873 This ebook contains the text of George Towle’s English translation of Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours. (A few errors have been corrected and are marked by footnotes signed “J.M.”)
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Full Title: Around the World in Eighty Days. When Written: 1870-1871. Where Written: France. When Published: 1872 in serial form, 1873 in book form. Literary Period: Romanticism, realism. Genre: Adventure novel. Setting: Britain, Egypt, India, China, Japan, and the United States. Climax: Jean Passepartout realizes that he and Phileas Fogg ...
Around 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. 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 £ ...
One October morning in 1872, Fogg fires his servant for bringing him shaving water that is two degrees too cold. Jean Passepartout, a Frenchman, arrives shortly after, looking for employment. Even though he is four minutes late, Fogg hires him on the spot. Passepartout’s first job is to get Fogg ready in time to leave the house by 11:30 a.m.
Jan 1, 1994 · Around the World in Eighty Days Alternate Title: ... Voyages around the world -- Fiction Category: Text: EBook-No. 103: Release Date: Jan 1, 1994: Most Recently Updated:
As the 2004 film adaptation of Around the World in Eighty Days opens, two significant events happen. First, we see a Chinese man named Passepartout (played by Jackie Chan) fleeing from the Bank of England, which has just been robbed. Secondly, we meet Phileas Fogg (played by Steve Coogan), an inventor who seems obsessed with creating new and ...
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