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Around the World in Eighty Days

 

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873, Jules Verne)

This book recounts the adventures of Phileas Fogg, a rich man who makes a bet with his friends in the Reform Club; he thinks he can go around the world in just eighty days.

With his faithful manservant Jean Passepartout, whom he has just contracted, Phileas embarks on the adventure. The whole time he is being secretly followed by inspector Fix, a detective investigating a robbery at the Bank of England, as he believes Fogg is the criminal he’s looking for. Fix will do whatever he can to stop Phileas Fogg and Passepartout on their hazardous trip.They even meet Mrs. Aouda, the young widow of an old Indian Prince, who must be buried with her dead husband according to Sutee tradition. Once she is rescued, she completes the rest of the adventure with her rescuers.

Do you want to know if he eventually won the bet? If so, I really recommend that you read it. You will enjoy it, as I did, and find out that the world is bigger than you expect.

Alba Peribáñez (3º ESO)

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