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Jules Verne
"I realize now that there's always something new to discover in this world."
On a single impulsive bet, the imperturbable English gentleman Phileas Fogg stakes his entire fortune on the claim that he can circle the globe in eighty days. With his loyal valet Passepartout beside him and a relentless detective convinced he is a bank robber close behind, Fogg sets off from London and never once loses his composure — across India, Hong Kong, Japan, and America, by train, steamer, and elephant.
Published in 1872, Around the World in Eighty Days captures the precise moment when the world first felt fully navigable — a breathless, elegantly plotted adventure that celebrates precision and ingenuity while gently satirising Victorian confidence. The friendship between the methodical Fogg and the excitable Passepartout is one of literature's most charming odd couples. Will they conquer the world and prove the audacious bet right?
This Penguin Select Classics edition delivers the original, unabridged text in a premium hardbound collector's format — a perfect gift for lovers of adventure and classic literature alike.
