Around the World in Eighty Days (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781720998822)

he story starts in London on Tuesday, 1 October 1872. Phileas Fogg is a rich British gentleman living in solitude. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet, James Forster, for bringing him shaving water at 84 F (29 C) instead of 86 F (30 C), Fogg hires Frenchman Jean Passepartout as a replacement. At the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for 20,000 ( 2,075,400 in 2017)[5] from his fellow club members to complete such a journey within this time period. With Passepartout accompanying him, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45 p.m. on 2 October; if he is to win the wager, then he will have to return to the club by this same time on 21 December, 80 days later.

Author: Jules Verne
ISBN-10: 1720998825
ISBN-13: 9781720998822
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2018
Pages: 198
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.42d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.7
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 122181 / Around the World in Eighty Days (Saddleback)