![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This calculation does not take into account practical matters like trouble finding transportation, but Fogg is sure that with his superbly calculative mind he can actually do it. Later that day in the Reform Club, he 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 hires as a replacement Passepartout, a Frenchman of around 30 years of age. He fires his former valet, James Forster, for bringing him shaving water two degrees too cold. The source of his wealth is not known and he lives modestly. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy, solitary, unmarried gentleman with regular habits. The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Though the story is fiction, the principles it depicts are profound truths of life and human accomplishment. The story depicts how his personal character, high values and single-mindedness of purpose enable him to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. It describes the wonderful adventures of Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman who has agreed to a wager of 40,000 pounds that he can travel around the world in 80 days. Jules Verne's famous novel Around the World in 80 Days is a story of extraordinary accomplishment. Introduction | Plot Summary | Character Analysis ![]()
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