Around the world in 80 days

Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne , first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 set by his friends at the Reform Club . It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.