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Around the World in Eighty Days

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  1. (1873) A novel by Jules Verne about a fictional journey around the world made in 1872 by an Englishman, Phileas Fogg, and his French servant. Fogg bets other members of his club that he can circle the world in eighty days.


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The novel was adapted for a popular Academy Award-winning film in 1956.

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In Correlation, he uses the journey of Phileas Fogg in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days as the framework to arrange the piece.

From Time • Jun. 8, 2016

From the flat Earth of Around the World in Eighty Days to the many Londons of A Christmas Carol, DeGraff brings these works to life in fascinating and surprising ways.

From Slate • Nov. 5, 2015

In the novel Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg employed all manner of transport--steamers, railways, yachts, carriages, trading vessels, sledges and even elephants.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was said to have been the model for Phileas Fogg, the globe-trotter in Around the World in Eighty Days.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

I had a copy of Around the World in Eighty Days.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane