Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours

Around the World in Eighty Days

Author

Jules Verne

Language

French

Year

1872

Country

France

Genre

Novel

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Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.