![]() ![]() ![]() Very little can be said about his social life other than that he is a member of the Reform Club. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision. Fogg is a rich English gentleman living in solitude. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.The story starts in London on Tuesday, October 1, 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 £20,000 wager (roughly £1.6 million today) set by his friends at the Reform Club. Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873. ![]()
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