Resource Summary
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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne (Author) Phileas Fogg and his manservant try to travel around the world in eighty days to win a bet. |
Details
- Resource Type: Book
- ISBN: 014036711X
- Print Status: In Print
- Chapters: 37
- Pages: 287
- Suggested Grade Level: 5th - 12th
- Geographical Setting: England, Africa, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, California, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, New York,
- Historical Setting: 1872 - 1872
- Subjects: Literature, Geography
- Publisher: Magnum Books
- Copyright: 1968
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Chapter Details
- 1 — In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other
- 2 — In which Passepartout is convinced that he has at last found his ideal
- 3 — In which a conversation takes place which seems likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear
- 4 — In which Phileas Fogg astounds Passepartout, his servant
- 5 — In which a new species of funds
- 6 — In which Fix, the detective, betrays a very natural impatience
- 7 — Which once more demonstrates the usefulness of passports as aids to detectives
- 8 — In which Passepartout talks rather more, perhaps, than is prudent
- 9 — In which the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean prove propitious to the designs of Phileas Fogg
- 10 — In which Passepartout is only too glad to get off with the loss of his shoes
- 11 — In which Phileas Fogg secures a curious means of conveyance at a fabulous price
- 12 — In which Phileas Fogg and his companions venture across the Indian forests
- 13 — In which Passepartout receives new proof that fortune favors the brave
- 14 — In which descends the whole length of the beautiful valley of the Ganges
- 15 — In which the bag of banknotes disgorges some thousands of pounds more
- 16 — In which Fix does not seem to understand in the least what is said to him
- 17 — Showing what happened on the voyage from Singapore to Hong Kong
- 18 — In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix go each about his business
- 19 — In which Passepartout takes a too great interest in his master
- 20 — In which Fix comes face to face with Phileas Fogg
- 21 — In which the master of the Tankadere runs great risk
- 22 — In which Passepartout finds out that, even at the Antipodes
- 23 — In which Passepartout's nose becomes outrageously long
- 24 — During which Mr. Fogg and party cross the Pacific Ocean
- 25 — In which a slight glimpse is had of San Francisco
- 26 — In which Phileas Fogg and party travel by the Pacific railroad
- 27 — In which Passepartout undergoes, at a speed of twenty miles
- 28 — In which Passepartout does not succeed in making anybody listen to reason
- 29 — In which certain incidents are narrated
- 30 — In which Phileas Fogg simply does his duty
- 31 — In which Fix the detective considerably furthers the interests of Phileas Fogg
- 32 — In which Phileas Fogg engages in a direct struggle with bad fortune
- 33 — In which Phileas Fogg shows himself equal to the occasion
- 34 — In which Phileas Fogg at last reaches London
- 35 — In which Phileas Fogg does not have to repeat his orders
- 36 — In which Phileas Fogg's name is once more at a premium on 'Change
- 37 — In which it is shown that Phileas Fogg gained nothing by his tour


