Around the World in Eighty Days(1873)relates the hair-raising journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg,who succeeds-but only just!-in circling the globe within eighty days.The dour Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by the dynamism and versatility of his French manservant,Passepartout,whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour and suspense to the race against time.Five Weeks in a Balloon(1863)was Verne's first novel.It documents an apocryphal jaunt across the continent of Africa in a hydrogen balloon designed by the omniscient,imperturbable and ever capable Dr Fergusson,the prototype of the Vernian adventurer.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
Ⅰ In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other as
master and man
Ⅱ In which Passepartout is convinced that he has at last found his ideal
Ⅲ In which a conversation takes place which may prove costly for Phileas Fogg
Ⅳ In which Phileas Fogg astounds his servant Passepartout
Ⅴ In which a new kind of scrip makes its appearance on 'Change
Ⅵ In which Detective Fix shows very justifiable impatience
Ⅶ Which once more shows the futility of passports for police purposes
Ⅷ In which Passepartout talks rather more freely, perhaps, than is advisable
Ⅸ In which the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean prove favourable to the designs of Phileas Fogg
Ⅹ In which Passepartout is only too fortunate in getting offwith the loss of his shoes
ⅩⅠ In which Phileas Fogg buys a mount at a fabulous price
ⅩⅡ In which Phileas Fogg and his companions venture across the forests of India, and the events that ensue
ⅩⅢ In which Passepartout proves once more that fortune favours the bold
ⅪⅤ In which Phileas Fogg travels down the whole length of the beautiful Ganges without as much as thinking of seeing it
ⅩⅤ In which the bag containing the banknotes is again lightened by a few thousand pounds
ⅣⅠ In which Fix appears to know nothing of what is said to him
ⅣⅡ Concerning a variety of things between Singapore and Hong-Kong
ⅣⅢ In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout and Fix attend to their business, each on his own account
ⅪⅩ In which Passepartout takes too keen an interest in his master, and the consequence
ⅩⅩ In which Fix comes into contact with Phileas Fogg
ⅩⅩⅠ In which the master of the Tankadere runs great danger of losing a bonus of two hundred pounds
ⅩⅩⅡ In which Passepartout sees that, even at the Antipodes,it is wise to have some money in one's pocket
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ In which Passepartout's nose assumes inordinate length
ⅩⅩⅩⅣ The voyage across the Pacific Ocean
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ Which contains a cursory view of San Francisco on the day of a political meeting
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ In which Phileas Fogg and his companions travel by the Pacific Express
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ In which Passepartout attends, at a speed of twenty miles an hour, a course of Mormon history
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ In which Passepartout was unable to make anyone listen to reason
ⅩⅩⅩⅨ In which is given an account of various incidents which happen only on the railroads of the union
ⅩⅩⅩⅩ In which Phileas Fogg simply does his duty
ⅩⅩⅩⅪ In which Detective Fix becomes a strong supporter of Phileas Fogg
ⅩⅩⅩⅫ In which Phileas Fogg comes to grips with mischance
ⅩⅩⅩⅢ In which Phileas Fogg shows himself equal to the occasion
ⅩⅩⅩⅤ Which gives Passepartout the opportunity of making an atrocious, but possibly new, pun
ⅩⅩⅩⅥ In which Passepartout does not need to be told twice what his master orders him to do
ⅩⅩⅩⅦ In which Phileas Fogg is again at a premium on 'Change
ⅩⅩⅩⅧ In which it is shown that Phileas Fogg gained nothing by travelling round the world, unless it were happiness.
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