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First published in 1872, 'Around the World in Eighty Days' is an adventure fiction novel by Jules Verne, a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Verne's writings laid the foundation of modern science fiction quite considerably.

In the story, Phileas Fogg, a solitary British gentleman of the Victorian era, endeavors to go around the world in an 80 days time period or less after a bet with his friends at the Reform Club. He travels via train, elephant, ship, and more in this amazing classic adventure tale.

With his French manservant, Passepartout, Fogg embarks on a grand adventure taking him through Egypt, India, the South Pacific, San Francisco, and the Great Plains of the United States. But will he succeed and collect on his bets? This is one of the best-loved works by the French adventure and science-fiction writer Jules Verne.