Describe mr Fogg's journey on the sledge
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Phileas Fogg’s journey ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ is one of those ultimate travel classics that has inspired a whole host of other journeys, trips and books. Among the ones are:But what is the original story actually about? Well it is about time to give you the full lowdown on the original and ever-inspiring ‘Around the World in 80 Days’ story by Jules Verne.
Verne_Tour_du_Monde Cover of the 1873 first edition
Cover of the 1873 first edition
Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (roughly £2 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne’s most acclaimed works.
The fictional story starts in London on Tuesday, October 1, 1872. Fogg is a rich English gentleman living in solitude. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Having dismissed his former valet, James Foster, for bringing him shaving water at 84 °F (29 °C) instead of 86 °F (30 °C), Fogg hires a Frenchman by the name of Jean Passepartout as a replacement.
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