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Around the World in Eighty Days

Original title: Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

Jules Verne (1828-1905), trans. George M. Towle

Original en 62760 words First published 1873 France

Jules Verne's 1873 journey-novel, in George M. Towle's contemporary English translation. Phileas Fogg, the most punctual man in London, wagers twenty thousand pounds at the Reform Club that he can circle the globe in eighty days. He and his French valet Passepartout race through Suez, India, Hong Kong, Yokohama and across America, pursued the whole way by a detective who suspects Fogg of robbing the Bank of England, and delayed by an elephant, a suttee, a Sioux raid and their own good manners. A comedy of exactitude that ends on the International Date Line.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain in the United States); the Project Gutenberg trademark and license text have been removed on import. Public-domain status determined by the author's death year + 50 years rule.

Table of Contents

  1. 001 CHAPTER I. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER… 2547 words
  2. 002 Having scrutinised the house from top to bottom, he rubbed his hands… 2519 words
  3. 003 Mr. Fogg was quite ready. Under his arm might have been observed a… 2563 words
  4. 004 Fix took up a position, and carefully examined each face and figure… 2634 words
  5. 005 As for Passepartout, he, too, had escaped sea-sickness, and took his… 2519 words
  6. 006 “No, I’ll stay,” muttered he. 2582 words
  7. 007 CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE ACROSS… 2577 words
  8. 008 As soon as night fell, about six o’clock, they decided to make a… 2528 words
  9. 009 “Parsee,” said he to the guide, “you have been serviceable and devoted. 2513 words
  10. 010 “I will pay it at once,” said Mr. 2570 words
  11. 011 After a drive of two hours through the country, Aouda and Mr. 2605 words
  12. 012 Passepartout wandered, with his hands in his pockets, towards the… 2510 words
  13. 013 And, offering his arm to Aouda, he directed his steps toward the… 2503 words
  14. 014 At daybreak the wind began to blow hard again, and the heavens seemed to predict a gale. 2523 words
  15. 015 The Japanese quarter of Yokohama is called Benten, after the goddess… 2502 words
  16. 016 He went upon the stage, and took his place beside the rest who were… 2582 words
  17. 017 The lofty tower of its City Hall overlooked the whole panorama of the… 2557 words
  18. 018 The train, on leaving Sacramento, and passing the junction, Roclin… 2536 words
  19. 019 Trains, like time and tide, stop for no one. 2524 words
  20. 020 And they passed over! It was like a flash. No one saw the bridge. The… 2515 words
  21. 021 The commanding officer of Fort Kearney was there. 2515 words
  22. 022 The distance between Fort Kearney and Omaha, as the birds fly, is at… 2520 words
  23. 023 If, then—for there were “ifs” still—the sea did not become too… 2546 words
  24. 024 If anyone, at this moment, had entered the Custom House, he would have found Mr. 2580 words
  25. 025 A great crowd was collected in Pall Mall and the neighbouring streets… 1690 words