Around the word in 80 days

« Hello, you know as well as me that everybody has a favourite novel.

For instance, Christopher Boone’s Favourite one is The Hound of the Baskervilles, written by Conan Doyle in 1902.

Mine is Around the World in Eighty Days, one of the most famous novel of Jules Verne.

I appreciate this novel because the main character’s journey made me travel and i like that feeling. Phileas Fogg is a rich men, with very regular habits.

He lives in London, is a part of a club and has a servant: Passepartout.

Like every evening, he goes to the Reform Club.

While reading the newspaper, he learns that it is possible to travel around the world in 80 days.

Indeed, an article in the Morning-Chronicle explains that with the opening of a new section of railroad in India, it is now possible to go around the world in 80 days, if you follow a certain itinery.

Phileas and his club friends have a lively disscussion about the article and he bets the half of his fortune, twenty thousand pounds that he is able to succeed. The bet and Fogg’s departure make the headlines.

The police wondered if Phileas Fogg was that one thief who just stole money from the bank of england and was trying his best to escape.

Inspector Fix will be looking for him everywhere he goes.

He leaves london immediately bringing with him Jean Passepartout, his french servant.

They take a lot of transports but have a few counter-time.

For instance, they are involved during a ceremony and save Miss Aouda.

Phileas misses the liner, but Passepartout boards.

A few days later, they end up in Yokohama, Japan, in a circus where Passepartout has been hired as an acrobat.

Another key moment is the train at San Fransisco, at this moment of the novel, Phileas makes an enemy, Colonel Stamp W.

He takes the train and finds himself facing Colonel.

He is about to fight him but the train is attacked by Sioux.

Passepartout is made hostage but Fogg frees him with the help of some passengers.

Rushed by time, they take a steamboat in order to arrive in England at time.

He’s finally home and wins his bet.

To finish, i want to add that it’s an exciting story, full of details, twists and turns and this makes me love it.. »