Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman, bets with the members of his club that he will tour the earth in 80 days. And, immediately, he left accompanied by his servant Jean, a Parisian, said Passepartout. He must have returned to London, to win, on Saturday 21 December 1872 at 20 hours 45 minutes!
Suspected of being the bold thief of the Bank of England, Phileas Fogg will be run away throughout his peregrinations by Detective Fix who cannot, however, stop him, the warrant to bring always arriving too late...
The countries crossed, the multiple adventures, the schemes used to bypass the many obstacles, the overflowing activity of Phileas Fogg to fight against time by never leaving his British phlegm, the personalities of Passepartout and the obstinate Fix make the "Tour du monde in 80 days" a wonderful novel, one of Jules' best Verne, whose considerable success has never been denied since it was published in 1873.