Around the World in Eighty-Jules Verne-Penguin Books

About the Book: Around the World in Eighty If the thing is feasible, the first to do it ought to be an Englishman. Phileas Fogg, the precise and stoic English gentleman, bets his entire fortune that he can travel around the world in eighty days. Thus begins Jules Vernes classic novel, taking his hero Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant, Passepartout, on a fantastic journey into a world filled with surprises, danger and beauty, all the while tracked by the intrepid Detective Fix-a bounty hunter certain he is on the trail of a notorious bank robber. About the Author: Jules Verne Jules Verne (1828-1905). Often overlooked