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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
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 Jean Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 (equivalent to £2.5 million in 2024) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.
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Vivek’s Notes
Home of Jean Passepartout and Phileas Fogg. Verne also created Professor Aronnax ("Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas") and Professor Otto Lidenbrock ("Journey to the Centre of the Earth").
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