Jules Verne CHAPTER 1 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER MAN Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who ...Read More

CHAPTER 2 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS IDEAL ‘Faith,’ muttered Passepartout, somewhat ‘I’ve seen people at Madame Tussaud’s as lively as my new master!’ Madame Tussaud’s ‘people,’ let it be said, are of wax, and are much visited in London; speech is all that is wanting to make them human. During his brief interview with Mr. Fogg, Passepartout had been carefully observing him. He appeared to be a man about forty years of age, with fine, handsome features, and a tall, well-shaped figure; his hair and whiskers were light, his forehead compact ...Read More

CHAPTER 3 IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST PHILEAS FOGG DEAR Phileas Fogg, having the door of his house at half-past eleven, and having put his right foot before his left five hundred and seventy-five times, and his left foot be-fore his right five hundred and seventy-six times, reached the Reform Club, an imposing edifice in Pall Mall, which could not have cost less than three millions. He repaired at once to the dining-room, the nine windows of which open upon a tasteful garden, where the trees were already gilded with an autumn colouring; ...Read More

CHAPTER 4 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT Having won twenty guineas at whist, and taken leave his friends, Phileas Fogg, at twenty-five minutes past seven, left the Reform Club. Passepartout, who had conscientiously studied the pro-gramme of his duties, was more than surprised to see his master guilty of the inexactness of appearing at this unaccustomed hour; for, according to rule, he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight. Mr. Fogg repaired to his bedroom, and called out, ‘Passepartout!’ Passepartout did not reply. It could not be he who was called; it was not ...Read More

CHAPTER 5 IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS ON ‘CHANGE Phileas Fogg suspected that his departure from London would create a lively sensation at the West End. The news of the bet spread through the Reform Club, and aforded an exciting topic of conversation to its members. From the club it soon got into the papers throughout England. The boasted ‘tour of the world’ was talked about, disputed, argued with as much warmth as if the subject were another Alabama claim. Some took sides with Phileas Fogg, but the large majority shook ...Read More

CHAPTER 6 IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, BETRAYS A VERY NATURAL IMPATIENCE T he circumstances under which this telegraphic about Phileas Fogg was sent were as follows: The steamer Mongolia, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, built of iron, of two thousand eight hundred tons burden, and five hundred horse-power, was due at eleven o’clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 9th of October, at Suez. The Mongolia plied regularly between Brindisi and Bombay via the Suez Canal, and was one of the fastest steamers belonging to the company, always making more than ten knots an hour between Brindisi and ...Read More

CHAPTER 7 WHICH ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATES THE USELESSNESS OF PASSPORTS AS AIDS TO DETECTIVES T he detective passed down quay, and rapidly made his way to the consul’s ofice, where he was at once admitted to the presence of that oficial. ‘Consul,’ said he, without preamble, ‘I have strong reasons for believing that my man is a passenger on the Mongolia.’ And he narrated what had just passed concerning the pass-port. ‘Well, Mr. Fix,’ replied the consul, ‘I shall not be sorry to see the rascal’s face; but perhaps he won’t come here— that is, if he is the ...Read More

CHAPTER 8 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT Fix soon rejoined Passepartout, who was lounging looking about on the quay, as if he did not feel that he, at least, was obliged not to see anything. ‘Well, my friend,’ said the detective, coming up with him, ‘is your passport visaed?’ ‘Ah, it’s you, is it, monsieur?’ responded Passepartout. ‘Thanks, yes, the passport is all right.’ ‘And you are looking about you?’ ‘Yes; but we travel so fast that I seem to be journeying in a dream. So this is Suez?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘In Egypt?’ ‘Certainly, in ...Read More

CHAPTER 9 IN WHICH THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS TO THE DESIGNS OF PHILEAS FOGG distance between Suez and Aden is precisely thirteen hundred and ten miles, and the regulations of the company allow the steamers one hundred and thirty-eight hours in which to traverse it. The Mongolia, thanks to the vigorous exertions of the engineer, seemed likely, so rapid was her speed, to reach her destination considerably within that time. The greater part of the passengers from Brindisi were bound for India some for Bombay, others for Calcutta by way of Bombay, the nearest ...Read More

CHAPTER 10 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET OFF WITH THE LOSS OF HIS SHOES Everybody that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls. The British Crown exercises a real and despotic dominion over the larger portion of this vast country, and has a governor-general stationed at Calcutta, governors at Madras, Bombay, and in Bengal, and a lieutenant-governor at Agra. ...Read More

CHAPTER 11 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SECURES A CURIOUS MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AT A FABULOUS PRICE The train had punctually. Among the passengers were a number of oficers, Government oficials, and opium and indigo merchants, whose business called them to the eastern coast. Passepartout rode in the same carriage with his master, and a third passenger occupied a seat opposite to them. This was Sir Francis Cromarty, one of Mr. Fogg’s whist partners on the Mongolia, now on his way to join his corps at Benares. Sir Francis was a tall, fair man of fifty, who had greatly distinguished ...Read More

CHAPTER 12 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE ACROSS THE INDIAN FORESTS, AND WHAT ENSUED In order shorten the journey, the guide passed to the left of the line where the railway was still in process of being built. This line, owing to the capricious turnings of the Vindhia Mountains, did not pursue a straight course. The Parsee, who was quite familiar with the roads and paths in the district, declared that they would gain twenty miles by striking directly through the forest. Phileas Fogg and Sir Francis Cromarty, plunged to the neck in the peculiar howdahs ...Read More

CHAPTER 13 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT RECEIVES A NEW PROOF THAT FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE The project was a bold full of dificulty, perhaps im-practicable. Mr. Fogg was going to risk life, or at least liberty, and therefore the success of his tour. But he did not hesitate, and he found in Sir Francis Cromarty an enthusi-astic ally. As for Passepartout, he was ready for anything that might be proposed. His master’s idea charmed him; he perceived a heart, a soul, under that icy exterior. He began to love Phileas Fogg. There remained the guide: what course would he adopt? ...Read More

CHAPTER 14 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DESCENDS THE WHOLE LENGTH OF THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF THE GANGES WITHOUT EVER OF SEEING IT T he rash exploit had been accomplished; and for an hour Passepartout laughed gaily at his success. Sir Fran-cis pressed the worthy fellow’s hand, and his master said, ‘Well done!’ which, from him, was high commendation; to which Passepartout replied that all the credit of the afair belonged to Mr. Fogg. As for him, he had only been struck with a ‘queer’ idea; and he laughed to think that for a few moments he, Passepartout, the ex-gymnast, ...Read More

CHAPTER 15 IN WHICH THE BAG OF BANKNOTES DISGORGES SOME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS MORE T he train entered the and Passepartout jumping out first, was followed by Mr. Fogg, who assisted his fair companion to descend. Phileas Fogg intended to proceed at once to the Hong Kong steamer, in order to get Aouda com-fortably settled for the voyage. He was unwilling to leave her while they were still on dangerous ground. Just as he was leaving the station a policeman came up to him, and said, ‘Mr. Phileas Fogg?’ ‘I am he.’ ‘Is this man your servant?’ added the ...Read More

CHAPTER 16 IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID TO HIM The of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s boats plying in the Chinese and Japanese seas—was a screw steamer, built of iron, weighing about seventeen hundred and seventy tons, and with engines of four hundred horse-power. She was as fast, but not as well fitted up, as the Mongolia, and Aouda was not as comfort-ably provided for on board of her as Phileas Fogg could have wished. However, the trip from Calcutta to Hong Kong only comprised some three thousand five hundred ...Read More

CHAPTER 17 SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG T he detective and Passepartout met on deck after this interview, though Fix was reserved, and did not at-tempt to induce his companion to divulge any more facts concerning Mr. Fogg. He caught a glimpse of that mysterious gentleman once or twice; but Mr. Fogg usually confined himself to the cabin, where he kept Aouda company, or, ac-cording to his inveterate habit, took a hand at whist. Passepartout began very seriously to conjecture what strange chance kept Fix still on the route that his master was ...Read More

CHAPTER 18 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS T he weather was bad the latter days of the voyage. The wind, obstinately remaining in the north-west, blew a gale, and retarded the steamer. The Rangoon rolled heavily and the passengers became impatient of the long, monstrous waves which the wind raised before their path. A sort of tempest arose on the 3rd of November, the squall knocking the vessel about with fury, and the waves running high. The Rangoon reefed all her sails, and even the rigging proved too much, whistling and shaking ...Read More

CHAPTER 19 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TAKES A TOO GREAT INTEREST IN HIS MASTER, AND WHAT COMES OF IT Hong is an island which came into the possession of the English by the Treaty of Nankin, after the war of 1842; and the colonising genius of the English has created upon it an important city and an excellent port. The island is situated at the mouth of the Canton River, and is separat-ed by about sixty miles from the Portuguese town of Macao, on the opposite coast. Hong Kong has beaten Macao in the struggle for the Chinese trade, and ...Read More

CHAPTER 20 IN WHICH FIX COMES FACE TO FACE WITH PHILEAS FOGG W hile these events were passing at opium-house, Mr. Fogg, unconscious of the danger he was in of losing the steamer, was quietly escorting Aouda about the streets of the English quarter, making the necessary purchases for the long voyage before them. It was all very well for an Englishman like Mr. Fogg to make the tour of the world with a carpet-bag; a lady could not be expected to travel com-fortably under such conditions. He acquitted his task with characteristic serenity, and invariably replied to the ...Read More

CHAPTER 21 IN WHICH THE MASTER OF THE ‘TANKADERE’ RUNS GREAT RISK OF LOSING A REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED T his voyage of eight hundred miles was a perilous venture on a craft of twenty tons, and at that season of the year. The Chinese seas are usually boisterous, subject to terrible gales of wind, and especially during the equinoxes; and it was now early November. It would clearly have been to the master’s advantage to carry his passengers to Yokohama, since he was paid a cer-tain sum per day; but he would have been rash to attempt such ...Read More

CHAPTER 22 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT FINDS OUT THAT, EVEN AT THE ANTIPODES, IT IS CONVENIENT TO HAVE SOME MONEY ONE’S POCKET T he Carnatic, setting sail from Hong Kong at half-past six on the 7th of November, directed her course at full steam towards Japan. She carried a large cargo and a well-filled cabin of passengers. Two state-rooms in the rear were, however, unoccupied—those which had been engaged by Phileas Fogg. The next day a passenger with a half-stupefied eye, stag-gering gait, and disordered hair, was seen to emerge from the second cabin, and to totter to a seat ...Read More

CHAPTER 23 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT’S NOSE BECOMES OUTRAGEOUSLY LONG T he next morning poor, jaded, famished Passepartout said to that he must get something to eat at all hazards, and the sooner he did so the better. He might, in-deed, sell his watch; but he would have starved first. Now or never he must use the strong, if not melodious voice which nature had bestowed upon him. He knew several French and English songs, and resolved to try them upon the Japanese, who must be lovers of music, since they were for ever pounding on their cymbals, tam-tams, and ...Read More

CHAPTER 24 DURING WHICH MR. FOGG AND PARTY CROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN W hat happened when the pilot-boat came sight of Shanghai will be easily guessed. The signals made by the Tankadere had been seen by the captain of the Yokohama steamer, who, espying the flag at half-mast, had directed his course towards the little craft. Phileas Fogg, after paying the stipulated price of his passage to John Busby, and rewarding that worthy with the additional sum of five hundred and fifty pounds, ascended the steamer with Aouda and Fix; and they started at once for Nagasaki and Yokohama. ...Read More

CHAPTER 25 IN WHICH A SLIGHT GLIMPSE IS HAD OF SAN FRANCISCO I t was seven in the morning Mr. Fogg, Aouda, and Passepartout set foot upon the American continent, if this name can be given to the floating quay upon which they disembarked. These quays, rising and falling with the tide, thus facilitate the loading and unloading of vessels. Alongside them were clippers of all sizes, steamers of all nationalities, and the steamboats, with several decks rising one above the other, which ply on the Sacramento and its tributaries. There were also heaped up the products of a ...Read More

CHAPTER 26 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PARTY TRAVEL BY THE PACIFIC RAILROAD ‘From ocean to ocean’—so say the and these four words compose the general designation of the ‘great trunk line’ which crosses the entire width of the United States. The Pacific Railroad is, however, really divided into two distinct lines: the Central Pacific, between San Francis-co and Ogden, and the Union Pacific, between Ogden and Omaha. Five main lines connect Omaha with New York. New York and San Francisco are thus united by an unin-terrupted metal ribbon, which measures no less than three thousand seven hundred and ...Read More

CHAPTER 27 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT UNDERGOES, AT A SPEED OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR, A COURSE OF MORMON HISTORY uring the night of the 5th of December, the train ran south-easterly for about fifty miles; then rose an equal distance in a north-easterly direction, towards the Great Salt Lake. Passepartout, about nine o’clock, went out upon the plat-form to take the air. The weather was cold, the heavens grey, but it was not snowing. The sun’s disc, enlarged by the mist, seemed an enormous ring of gold, and Passepartout was amusing himself by calculating its value in pounds ster-ling, ...Read More

CHAPTER 28 IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO REASON T he train, on leaving Salt Lake at Ogden, passed northward for an hour as far as Weber River, having completed nearly nine hundred miles from San Francisco. From this point it took an easterly direction towards the jagged Wahsatch Mountains. It was in the section included between this range and the Rocky Mountains that the American engineers found the most formidable dificulties in laying the road, and that the government granted a subsidy of forty-eight thousand dollars per mile, instead of sixteen thousand allowed ...Read More

CHAPTER 29 IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NARRATED WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE MET WITH ON AMERICAN RAILROADS T train pursued its course, that evening, without inter-ruption, passing Fort Saunders, crossing Cheyne Pass, and reaching Evans Pass. The road here attained the highest elevation of the journey, eight thousand and ninety-two feet above the level of the sea. The travellers had now only to de-scend to the Atlantic by limitless plains, levelled by nature. A branch of the ‘grand trunk’ led of southward to Denver, the capital of Colorado. The country round about is rich in gold and silver, ...Read More

CHAPTER 30 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SIMPLY DOES HIS DUTY T hree passengers including Passepartout had disappeared. Had they killed in the struggle? Were they taken prisoners by the Sioux? It was impossible to tell. There were many wounded, but none mortally. Colonel Proctor was one of the most seriously hurt; he had fought bravely, and a ball had entered his groin. He was carried into the station with the other wounded passengers, to re-ceive such attention as could be of avail. Aouda was safe; and Phileas Fogg, who had been in the thickest of the fight, had not ...Read More

CHAPTER 31 IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, CONSIDERABLY FURTHERS THE INTERESTS OF PHILEAS FOGG Phileas Fogg found himself twenty behind time. Passepartout, the involuntary cause of this delay, was desperate. He had ruined his master! At this moment the detective approached Mr. Fogg, and, looking him intently in the face, said: ‘Seriously, sir, are you in great haste?’ ‘Quite seriously.’ ‘I have a purpose in asking,’ resumed Fix. ‘Is it absolutely necessary that you should be in New York on the 11th, be-fore nine o’clock in the evening, the time that the steamer leaves for Liverpool?’ ‘It is absolutely ...Read More

CHAPTER 32 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECT STRUGGLE WITH BAD FORTUNE T he China, in leaving, to have carried of Phileas Fogg’s last hope. None of the other steamers were able to serve his projects. The Pereire, of the French Transatlantic Company, whose admirable steamers are equal to any in speed and comfort, did not leave until the 14th; the Ham-burg boats did not go directly to Liverpool or London, but to Havre; and the additional trip from Havre to Southampton would render Phileas Fogg’s last eforts of no avail. The Inman steamer did not depart ...Read More

CHAPTER 33 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SHOWS HIMSELF EQUAL TO THE OCCASION A n hour after, the Henrietta passed lighthouse which marks the entrance of the Hudson, turned the point of Sandy Hook, and put to sea. During the day she skirted Long Island, passed Fire Island, and directed her course rapidly eastward. At noon the next day, a man mounted the bridge to ascer-tain the vessel’s position. It might be thought that this was Captain Speedy. Not the least in the world. It was Phileas Fogg, Esquire. As for Captain Speedy, he was shut up in his cabin ...Read More

CHAPTER 34 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AT LAST REACHES LONDON Phileas Fogg was in prison. He had been shut in the Custom House, and he was to be transferred to London the next day. Passepartout, when he saw his master arrested, would have fallen upon Fix had he not been held back by some policemen. Aouda was thunderstruck at the suddenness of an event which she could not understand. Passepartout ex-plained to her how it was that the honest and courageous Fogg was arrested as a robber. The young woman’s heart revolted against so heinous a charge, and when ...Read More

CHAPTER 35 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DOES NOT HAVE TO REPEAT HIS ORDERS TO PASSEPARTOUT TWICE T he dwellers Saville Row would have been surprised the next day, if they had been told that Phileas Fogg had returned home. His doors and windows were still closed, no appearance of change was visible. After leaving the station, Mr. Fogg gave Passepartout in-structions to purchase some provisions, and quietly went to his domicile. He bore his misfortune with his habitual tranquillity. Ru-ined! And by the blundering of the detective! After having steadily traversed that long journey, overcome a hundred obstacles, braved ...Read More

CHAPTER 36 IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG’S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON ‘CHANGE I t is time relate what a change took place in English public opinion when it transpired that the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh. Three days before, Phileas Fogg had been a criminal, who was being desperately followed up by the police; now he was an honourable gentleman, math-ematically pursuing his eccentric journey round the world. The papers resumed their discussion about the wager; all those who had laid bets, for or ...Read More

CHAPTER 37 IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT PHILEAS FOGG GAINED NOTHING BY HIS TOUR AROUND THE WORLD, UNLESS WERE HAPPINESS Y es; Phileas Fogg in person. The reader will remember that at five minutes past eight in the evening— about five and twenty hours after the arrival of the travellers in London— Passepartout had been sent by his master to engage the services of the Reverend Samuel Wilson in a certain marriage ceremony, which was to take place the next day. Passepartout went on his errand enchanted. He soon reached the clergyman’s house, but found him not at ...Read More