Around The World In Eighty Days

Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune that he can circle the globe within eighty days, then leaves London the same evening with his newly hired valet. Jules Verne turns a travel timetable into suspense: steamers missed, trains halted, a detective convinced Fogg is a bank robber, and a rescue in India that changes the travelling party. The route runs through Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yokohama and San Francisco before turning home, and the pleasure lies in watching each obstacle met with money, improvisation or sheer stubbornness. The chapters are short and the pace rarely slackens. On the route: • A wager that drives the entire plot against a fixed deadline • A journey by steamer, rail, sledge and elephant across three continents • Passepartout and a pursuing detective complicating every stage • Short chapters built for momentum A reliable choice for younger readers and classic adventure fans, published by Fingerprint Publishing and stocked by Boipoka.