Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
English • 1872 • Public Domain • Free to stream
Around the World in Eighty Days, published in 1872, is the most purely enjoyable novel Jules Verne ever wrote. Phileas Fogg, a wealthy and precise English gentleman, wagers his entire fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. With his new manservant Passepartout, he sets off immediately — pursued by a Scotland Yard detective who believes him to be a bank robber. The race becomes a thriller as every delay threatens to cost Fogg everything.
Verne wrote the novel at the height of the railway and steamship age, when the world was shrinking. The book captures that moment perfectly — the thrill of speed, the shrinking of distance, and the comedy of an Englishman trying to impose order on a chaotic world. It remains one of the most readable adventure novels ever written. The book is in the public domain and streams free here — no signup, no subscription, no ads.
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