What a cass we have here. Mr, Fogg the always calm and Cool one. The French servant Passepartout who is never calm, or cool. At a place called the reform club in London Mr. Fogg makes a bet that he could travel around the world, in eighty days, or less. As part of the bet Mr. Fogg agrees with his friends to meet back at the reform club, in eighty days or less. during Mr. fogg's travel around world he is followed by a Detective named Mr. Fix. Mr. fix is convince that Mr.Fogg has stolen money, from the bank of England. They also save a young women from being burned Alive, in a religious ceremony in India. The name of his women is Aouda, who near the end of the book becomes Mr. fogg's wife. The book just gets better as they travel to Hon Kong, Japan, and the United States. Just read the book, and find out what I mean.

Hurry up! As Phileas Fogg bets half of his life’s savings that he could travel around the world only by foot, steam train and boat, a lot more awaits him! So he sets off with his companion, Passepartout. During his travel, he gets mistaken as a gentleman who robbed a bank! Because of that, a detective named Mr. Fix is after him with an arrest warrant, who disguised as a traveler and goes along with them. During their travels, they meet an Indian princess, who was about to be offered as a human sacrifice. A book filled with adventure, violence, and much more! What else will happen to Phileas and his gang? Read the book to find out!!!!

(PART 1) “Around the World in 80 Days” is a timeless classic and it has been a great success for Jules Verne. It details the life of an eccentric Englishman named Phileas Fogg, whose punctuality is famed and his impassiveness legendary, joined by his new French valet, Passepartout, who only wishes to live a life of peace and quite so that his turbulent past could be forgotten. With Fogg’s fable routine, peace and quit for Passepartout seems assured. Until, that is, his new Master returns home to inform him that as a result of a wager at the Reform Club, of which Fogg is a member, he finds out that he only has twenty minutes to get ready for a breathless world tour in just 80 days. Adding to the general chaos of the proceedings (even though Fogg himself is never even slightly chaotic or perturbed by any delays, in contrast to his excitable servant), a robbery of 55,000 pounds at the Bank of England along with the description of the robber which seemed very similar to Fogg’s description, lead Detective Fix to conclude that Fogg is the robber, and the whole journey around the world and the wager that he encountered was just a clever rouse to allow the robber to escape without being even slightly suspected. The fact that Fogg’s carrying vast sums of money with him (of which nobody knew the origin) seemed to add weight to Fix’s suspicions. But, the wait for the arrest warrant makes Fix impatient and forces him to follow Fogg around the world, on his miraculous journey. The storyline of the novel may not be as strong as it seems but it adds to the interest of the readers. It forces them to persist reading to find out how Fogg would get out of the hurdle he is in and what steps would he take next. As the novel was headed for the end, Verne cleverly turned the table around. The plot of the story went off track and it seemed like it was all over. SPOILER ALERT! Verne, in chapter 34, illustrated that Fogg had lost the bet and wager as he was 5 minutes late. Even though he had arrived a day in advance. Unaware of the fact, Fogg headed home in despair. The next day when Passepartout was told to get the priest ready for his wedding with the Maharani of Bundelcund, he found out that tomorrow is Sunday, not Monday. Passepartout rushed back to Saville Row, seized his master by the collar and headed for the reform club. I found this “twist” rather entertaining and amusing. It probably traumatized the readers at first wondering about “what had Fogg really gained by all this trouble?” and “what was he going to do next?” This was quite interesting as it didn’t directly lead the story into conclusion. It kept the readers in suspense until the end of the novel, when the answers to their questions were revealed. This novel is a quintessential action story. The quick pacing, light characterization, implausible scenarios, comic relief, and loads of adventure provide a fantastic blend of adventure, entertainment, and suspense.

Even though Phileas Fogg is the main character, the real star of the show and book is his French servant, Jean Passepartout! I started liking Passepartout when Eric Idle played him in a mini-series. Even though Passepartout can come off a bit of a show-off, arrogant, and a jerk from time to time(He's French and can't help it and doesn't mean to come off that way on purpose!!) He is very resourceful, lovable, the comic relief, makes up for his bumbling and sometimes nosey ways with a heart and soul of gold and becomes an asset to Fogg in his help to go around the world and rescues the Princess Auoda and makes Fogg from being a cold as a fish, very private, quiet and withdrawn, and very un-human to becoming more human, sensitive, and not too concern with appearance, structure, or time. Fogg may be the star and the central character but Passepartout is my all-time favorite character and is really the star and is the heart and soul of "Around the World in 80 Days"!

This book is totally great it is adventurous, in suspense and exciting. Jules Verne is the greatest writer.