Around the World in Eighty Days

In Jules Verne's 1872 adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days, wealthy and precise English gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers £20,000 with his Reform Club peers that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days or less. Accompanied by his new French valet, Passepartout, Fogg races against time across continents, facing incredible dangers and a mistaken Scotland Yard detective.