AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS Jules Verne Around the World in Eighty Days is a novel by the acclaimed French writer Jules Verne, published between 1872 and 1873. The protagonist of this story, the gentleman Phileas Fogg, leads a good life in London, until one day, he decides to bet 20,000 pounds that he could travel the world in 80 days. He set off with his friend Jean Passepartout on October 2, 1872, at 8:45 pm. From then on, an adventure full of humor and heroism begins, between trains and steamboats. Finally, the story concludes that what Fogg gains at the end of the journey is much more valuable than money.
