Published in 1872, Around the World in Eighty Days is Jules Verne’s most beloved adventure novel. Phileas Fogg, an eccentric and methodical English gentleman, bets his fortune that he can circle the globe in exactly eighty days — setting off on an international race against time, accompanied by his resourceful French valet Passepartout and pursued by a detective convinced Fogg is a bank robber.
Verne’s novel celebrates the age of steam and telegraph with breezy humor and genuine suspense. Download this free EPUB from Better Gutenberg and race around the world with Fogg and Passepartout.