1873
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne · 1828–1905 · France
Originally Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours (French)
Why it matters
Phileas Fogg bets his entire fortune on a wager: circle the globe by train, steamship, and elephant in exactly eighty days. Verne's lightest, most purely delightful adventure runs on nothing but a ticking clock and Victorian confidence in machines.
At a glance
picaresque
Difficulty 2/10fast pace250 pagesPlain, brisk adventure prose aimed at a popular audience.
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