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| name              = Around the World in Eighty Days
| image             = Verne Tour du Monde.jpg
| caption           = First Book Cover 1873
| author            = [[Jules Verne]]
| title_orig        = Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours
| illustrator       = [[Alphonse-Marie-Adolphe de Neuville]] and [[Léon Benett]]<ref name="cover">[http://perso.numericable.fr/~julesverne/tableau_s/s07bog.htm Archived copy] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061202175737/http://perso.numericable.fr/~julesverne/tableau_s/s07bog.htm |date=2 December 2006}}</ref>
| cover_artist      = 
| country           = France
| language          = French
| series            = [[Voyages Extraordinaires|The Extraordinary Voyages]] #11
| genre             = [[Adventure novel]]
| publisher         = ''[[Le Temps (Paris)|Le Temps]]'' (as serial)<ref name="Around the World in Eighty Days">{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Around-the-World-in-Eighty-Days-by-Verne |title=Around the World in Eighty Days |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=26 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126180550/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Around-the-World-in-Eighty-Days-by-Verne |url-status=live}}</ref><br />[[Pierre-Jules Hetzel]] (book form)
| release_date      = {{start date|1872}}<ref name="Around the World in Eighty Days" /> (as serial)<br />{{start date|1873|01|30|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.j-verne.de/verne14.html |title=Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen |publisher=J-verne.de |access-date=23 November 2015 |archive-date=11 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911233203/http://www.j-verne.de/verne14.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| english_pub_date  = 1873
| pages             = 
| preceded_by       = [[The Fur Country]]
| followed_by       = [[The Mysterious Island]]
| wikisource        = Around the World in Eighty Days
}}

'''''Around the World in Eighty Days''''' ({{langx|fr|link=no|Le Tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours}}) is an [[adventure novel]] by the French writer [[Jules Verne]], first published in French in 1872. In the story, [[Phileas Fogg]] of London and his newly employed French valet [[Jean Passepartout|Passepartout]] attempt to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] the world in 80 days on a wager of £20,000 (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK-GDP|0.02|1872|r=1}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK-GDP}}) set by his friends at the [[Reform Club]]. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/george-makepeace-towle|title=Around the World In Eighty Days, by Jules Verne. Translated by George Makepeace Towle|via=standardebooks.org|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728035630/https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/jules-verne/around-the-world-in-eighty-days/george-makepeace-towle|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Plot==
Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman living a solitary life in London. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives modestly and carries out his habits with mathematical precision. He is a member of the [[Reform Club]], where he spends a large portion of his days and nights. On the morning of 2 October 1872, having dismissed his valet for bringing him shaving water at a temperature slightly lower than expected, Fogg hires Frenchman [[Jean Passepartout]] as a replacement.

That evening, while at the Club, Fogg gets involved in a discussion regarding an article in ''[[The Morning Chronicle]]'' (or ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in some editions) stating that with the opening of a new [[Rail transport in India#History|railway section in India]], it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20,000, half of his fortune, from his fellow club members to complete such a journey within this period. With Passepartout accompanying him, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45&nbsp;p.m.; to win the wager, he must return to the club by this same time on 21 December, 80 days later. They take Fogg's remaining £20,000 with them to cover expenses during the journey.

{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ The itinerary (as originally planned)
| [[London]] to [[Suez]], [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egypt]] || Rail to [[Brindisi]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], via [[Turin]] and steamer (the ''Mongolia'') across the [[Mediterranean Sea]] ||{{0}}7 days
|-
| Suez to [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[British Raj|India]] || Steamer (the ''Mongolia'') across the [[Red Sea]] and the [[Indian Ocean]] || 13 days
|-
| Bombay to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[British Raj|India]] || Rail || {{0}}3 days
|-
| Calcutta to [[Victoria, Hong Kong|Victoria]], [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] with a stopover in [[Singapore in the Straits Settlements|Singapore]] || Steamer (the ''Rangoon'') across the [[South China Sea]] || 13 days
|-
| Hong Kong to [[Yokohama]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] || Steamer (the ''[[SS Carnatic|Carnatic]]'') across the South China Sea, [[East China Sea]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]] || {{0}}6 days
|-
| Yokohama to [[San Francisco]], [[United States|USA]] || Steamer (the ''General Grant'') across the Pacific Ocean || 22 days
|-
| San Francisco to [[New York City]], [[United States|USA]] || Rail || {{0}}7 days
|-
| New York to London, [[England]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]]) || Steamer (the ''China'') across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[Liverpool]] and rail || {{0}}9 days
|-
| colspan="2"|'''Total''' || {{nowrap|'''80 days'''}}
|-
| colspan="3" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center"|[[File:Around the World in Eighty Days map.png|780px|center|Map of the trip]] Map of the trip.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTLPDwAAQBAJ&q=circumnavigation+fogg+antipodes&pg=PA79-IA1|title=The Remarkable Lives of Numbers: A Mathematical Compendium from 1 to 200|first=Derrick|last=Niederman|date=20 February 2020|publisher=Prelude Books|isbn=9780715653722|via=Google Books|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108174100/https://books.google.com/books?id=JTLPDwAAQBAJ&q=circumnavigation+fogg+antipodes&pg=PA79-IA1|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
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Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez on time. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a [[Scotland Yard]] policeman, Detective Fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of James Strand, a bank robber. Since Fogg fits the vague description Scotland Yard was given of Strand, Detective Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix boards the steamer (the ''Mongolia'') conveying the travellers to Bombay. Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout without revealing his purpose. Fogg promises the steamer engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. They arrive in Bombay on 20 October, two days ahead of schedule, and board a train heading towards [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] that evening.

The early arrival in Bombay proves beneficial for Fogg and Passepartout, as contrary to what the newspaper article had said, an {{cvt|50|mi|km|order=flip|adj=on}} stretch of track from Kholby to [[Prayagraj|Allahabad]] has not yet been built. Fogg purchases an elephant, hires a guide and starts toward Allahabad.

They come across a procession in which a young Indian woman, [[Aouda]], is about to be [[Sati (practice)|burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre]]. Since she is drugged with [[opium]] and [[Cannabis (drug)|hashish]] and is not going voluntarily, the travellers decide to rescue her. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout takes the place of her deceased husband on the funeral pyre. He rises from the pyre during the ceremony, scaring off the priests and carries Aouda away. The two days gained earlier are lost but Fogg shows no regret.

Fogg and Passepartout re-board the train at Allahabad, taking Aouda with them. When the travelers arrive in Calcutta, Fix, who had arrived ahead of them, has Fogg and Passepartout arrested for a crime Passepartout had committed in Bombay. They jump bail and board a steamer (the ''Rangoon'') going to [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], with a day's stopover in [[Singapore]]. Fix also boards the ''Rangoon''; he shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to again meet his friend from the earlier voyage.

In Hong Kong, the group learns Aouda's distant relative, in whose care they had been planning to leave her, has moved to [[Netherlands|Holland]], so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. Passepartout becomes convinced that Fix is a spy from the Reform Club. Fix confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a robber. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, the ''Carnatic'', Fix gets Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. Passepartout still manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama but cannot inform Fogg that the steamer is leaving the evening before its scheduled departure date.

Fogg discovers he missed his connection. He searches for a vessel that will take him to [[Yokohama]], finding a pilot boat, the ''Tankadere'', that takes him, Aouda, and Fix to [[Shanghai]], where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. There, they search for Passepartout, believing he arrived on the ''Carnatic'' as initially planned. They find him in a circus, trying to earn the fare for his homeward journey. Reunited, the four board a paddle-steamer, the ''General Grant'', taking them across the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] to [[San Francisco]]. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey but instead support him in getting back to Britain, where he can arrest him.

In San Francisco, they board a [[First transcontinental railroad|transcontinental]] train to [[New York City]], encountering several obstacles along the way: a herd of [[bison]] crossing the tracks, a failing [[suspension bridge]] and a band of [[Sioux]] warriors ambushing the train. After uncoupling the locomotive from the carriages, Passepartout is kidnapped by the warriors. Fogg rescues him after American soldiers volunteer to help. They continue by a [[Land sailing|wind-powered]] [[sled]] to [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] and then get a train to New York.

In New York, having missed the ship ''China'', Fogg looks for alternative transport. He finds a steamboat, ''Henrietta'', destined for [[Bordeaux, France]]. The captain of the boat refuses to take them to Liverpool, whereupon Fogg consents to be taken to Bordeaux for $2,000 per passenger. He then bribes the crew to [[mutiny]] and makes course for Liverpool. Against hurricane winds and going on full steam, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. When the coal runs out, Fogg buys the boat from the captain, then has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.

The companions arrive at [[Cobh|Queenstown (Cobh)]], Ireland, take the train to [[Dublin]] and then a ferry to [[Liverpool]], still in time to reach London before the deadline. Once on English soil, Fix arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up – the actual robber had been caught three days earlier in [[Edinburgh]]. As a result of the delay, Fogg misses the scheduled train to London; he orders a special train and arrives in London apparently five minutes late, certain he has lost the wager.

The following day Fogg apologises to Aouda for bringing her with him since he now has to live in poverty and cannot support her. Aouda confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her. As Passepartout notifies a minister, he learns that he is mistaken in the date – it is not 22 December, but instead 21 December. Because the party had travelled eastward, their days were shortened by four minutes for every degree of longitude they crossed; thus, although they had experienced the same amount of time abroad as people had experienced in London, they had seen 80 sunrises and sunsets while London had seen only 79. Passepartout informs Fogg of his mistake and Fogg hurries to the Club just in time to meet his deadline and win the wager. Having spent almost £19,000 of his travel money during the journey, he divides the remainder between Passepartout and Fix and marries Aouda.

==Background and analysis==
''Around the World in Eighty Days'' was written during difficult times, both for France and Verne. It was during the [[Franco-Prussian War]] (1870–1871) in which Verne was [[Conscription|conscripted]] as a coastguard; he was having financial difficulties (his previous works were not paid [[Royalty payment|royalties]]); his father had died recently; and he had witnessed a [[public execution]], which disturbed him.<ref name=butcher>William Butcher (translation and introduction). ''Around the World in Eighty Days'', [[Oxford Worlds Classics]], 1995, Introduction.</ref>

The technological innovations of the 19th century had opened the possibility of rapid circumnavigation, and the prospect fascinated Verne and his readership. In particular, three technological breakthroughs occurred in 1869–1870 that made a tourist-like around-the-world journey possible for the first time: the completion of the [[first transcontinental railroad]] in America (1869), the opening of the [[Suez Canal]] (1869), and the [[Rail transport in India#History|linking of the Indian railways]] across the sub-continent (1870). It was another notable mark at the end of an age of exploration and the start of an age of fully global tourism that could be enjoyed in relative comfort and safety. It sparked the imagination that anyone could sit down, draw up a schedule, buy tickets and travel around the world, a feat previously reserved for only the most heroic and hardy of adventurers.<ref name=butcher/>

The story began serialization in ''Le Temps'' on 6 November 1872.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1872-11-06 |title=Le Temps |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k225186k |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> The story was published in installments over the next 45 days, with its ending timed to synchronize Fogg's December 21 deadline with the real world. Chapter XXXV appeared on 20 December;<ref>{{Cite web |date=1872-12-20 |title=Le Temps |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2252331 |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> 21 December, the date upon which Fogg was due to appear back in London, did not include an installment of the story;<ref>{{Cite web |date=1872-12-21 |title=Le Temps |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k225234d |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> on 22 December, the final two chapters announced Fogg's success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1872-12-22 |title=Le Temps |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k225235s |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=Gallica |language=EN}}</ref> As it was being published serially for the first time, some readers believed that the journey was actually taking place – bets were placed, and some railway companies and ship liner companies lobbied Verne to appear in the book. It is unknown if Verne submitted to their requests, but the descriptions of some rail and shipping lines leave some suspicion he was influenced.<ref name=butcher/>

Concerning the final ''coup de théâtre'', Fogg had thought it was one day later than it actually was because he had forgotten that during his journey, he had added a full day to his clock, at the rate of an hour per 15° of [[longitude]] crossed. At the time of publication and until 1884, a ''[[de jure]]'' [[International Date Line]] did not exist. If it did, he would have been made aware of the change in date once he reached this line. Thus, the day he added to his clock throughout his journey would be removed upon crossing this imaginary line. However, Fogg's mistake would not have been likely to occur in the real world because a ''[[de facto]]'' date line did exist. The UK, India, and the US had the same calendar despite different local times. When he arrived in San Francisco, he would have noticed that the local date was one day earlier than shown in his travel diary. Consequently, it is unlikely he would fail to notice that the departure dates of the transcontinental train in San Francisco and of the China [[Steamship|steamer]] in New York were one day earlier than his travel diary. He would also somehow have to avoid looking at any newspapers. Additionally, in ''Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?'', [[John Sutherland (author)|John Sutherland]] points out that Fogg and company would have to be "deaf, dumb and blind" not to notice how busy the streets were on an apparent "Sunday", with the [[Sunday Observance Act 1780]] still in effect.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOCvpTNDhiUC&q=john+sutherland+fogg+sunday&pg=PA213|title=Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic Fiction|first1=John|last1=Sutherland|first2=Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature John|last2=Sutherland|date=21 March 1999|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780192838841|via=Google Books|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108174108/https://books.google.com/books?id=sOCvpTNDhiUC&q=john+sutherland+fogg+sunday&pg=PA213|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Real-life imitations==
Following publication in 1873, various people attempted to follow Fogg's fictional circumnavigation, often within self-imposed constraints:
* In 1889, [[Nellie Bly]] undertook to travel around the world in 80 days for her newspaper, the ''[[New York World]]''. She managed to do the journey within 72 days, meeting Verne in Amiens. Her book ''[[Around the World in Seventy-Two Days]]'' became a best seller.
* In 1889, [[Elizabeth Bisland]] working for the ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'' became a rival to Bly, racing her across the world to try to achieve the global crossing first.<ref name="walker1">Roggenkamp, Karen S.H. [http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/kroggenkamp/bisland.html Dignified Sensationalism: Elizabeth Bisland, Cosmopolitan, and Trips Around the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112042246/http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/kroggenkamp/bisland.html |date=January 12, 2010 }}, ''presented at'' "Writing the Journey: A Conference on American, British, & Anglophone Writers and Writing" 
University of Pennsylvania, June 10–13, 1999</ref>
* In 1894, [[George Griffith]] carried out a publicity stunt on behalf of [[C. Arthur Pearson]] by circumnavigating the world in 65 days, from 12 March to 16 May.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Harris-Fain |first=Darren |title=British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Before World War I |date=1997 |publisher=Gale Research |isbn=978-0-8103-9941-9 |series=Dictionary of Literary Biography No. 178 |pages=106 |language=en |chapter=George Griffith |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/britishfantasysc178harr/page/106/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name="WarriorsOfIf195–196">{{Cite book |last=Moskowitz |first=Sam |title=Strange Horizons: The Spectrum of Science Fiction |date=1976 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-0-684-14774-1 |location=New York |pages=195–196 |chapter=War: Warriors of If |author-link=Sam Moskowitz |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/strangehorizonss0000mosk/page/196/mode/2up}}</ref> The tale of his journey was told in ''[[Pearson's Weekly]]'' in 14 parts between 2 June and 1 September 1894, bearing the title "How I Broke the Record Round the World".<ref name="WarriorsOfIf195–196" /><ref name="SFEPearsonsWeekly">{{Cite encyclopedia |year=2022 |title=Pearson's Weekly |encyclopedia=[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]] |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/pearsons_weekly |access-date=2023-11-26 |author1-link=Mike Ashley (writer) |editor1-last=Clute |editor1-first=John |edition=4th |author1-last=Ashley |author1-first=Mike |editor1-link=John Clute |editor2-last=Langford |editor2-first=David |editor2-link=David Langford |editor3-last=Sleight |editor3-first=Graham |editor3-link=Graham Sleight}}</ref> It was later published in book form in 2008 under the title ''Around the World in 65 Days''.<ref name="SFEPearsonsWeekly" />
* In 1903, [[James Willis Sayre]], an American theatre critic and arts promoter, set a world record for circling the earth using public transport: 54 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Flom |first=Eric |date=22 May 2002 |title=Sayre, James Willis (1877-1963) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/3295 |access-date=3 March 2022 |website=History Link}}</ref>
* In 1908, [[Harry Bensley]], on a wager, set out to circumnavigate the world on foot wearing an iron mask. The journey was abandoned, incomplete, at the outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}
*In 1924, three British airmen attempted to fly around the world with various stops along the way. They faced many and varied perils along the way, but finally gave up at the Bering Sea.<ref>"The forgotten story of Britain's perilous bid to fly around the world" The Telegraph  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/forgotten-Britain-bid-fly-around-world/ accessed June 25, 2025</ref>
*In 1924, an American team of four planes succeeded in flying around the world, but it took much more than 80 days, and they arrived in Seattle on 28 September.<ref>"The forgotten story of Britain's perilous bid to fly around the world" The Telegraph  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/forgotten-Britain-bid-fly-around-world/ accessed June 25, 2025</ref>
* In 1928, 15-year-old Danish [[Boy Scout]] [[Palle Huld]] travelled around the world by train and ship in the opposite direction to the one in the book. His trip was sponsored by a Danish [[newspaper]] and made on the occasion of the 100th birthday of [[Jules Verne]]. The trip was described in the book ''[[A Boy Scout Around the World]]''. It took 44 days. He took the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]] and did not go by [[India]].
* In 1984, [[Nicholas Coleridge]] emulated Fogg's trip, taking 78 days; he wrote a book titled ''Around the World in 78 Days''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicholas David Coleridge |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp58450/nicholas-david-coleridge |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=National Portrait Gallery}}</ref>
* In 1988, [[Monty Python]] member [[Michael Palin]] took on a similar challenge without using aircraft, as a part of a television [[Travel literature|travelogue]], called ''[[Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin]]''. He completed the journey in 79 days and 7 hours.
* Since 1993, the [[Jules Verne Trophy]] has been given to the boat that sails around the world without stopping and with no outside assistance in the shortest time.
* In 2009, twelve celebrities performed a [[Around the World in 80 Days (2009 TV series)|relay version of the journey]] for the BBC ''[[Children in Need]]'' charity appeal.
* In 2011, Brazilian businessman and TV host Álvaro Garnero and journalist José Antonio Ramalho made a bet with a pub owner in London to travel around the world in 80 days. The [[Record (TV network)]] TV series "50 by 1 - Around the World in 80 Days" followed their journey. Both Brazilians crossed the Atlantic and Pacific, USA, Canada, Alaska, Japan, South Korea, China, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic nations, Scandinavia, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France to end again at the pub in 81 days (they arrived in London in 80 days but the pub was closed at night).
*In 2017, [[Mark Beaumont (cyclist)|Mark Beaumont]], a British cyclist inspired by Verne, set out to cycle across the world in 80 days. He completed the trip in 78 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes, after departing from Paris on 2 July 2017.  Beaumont beat the previous world record of 123 days, set by Andrew Nicholson, by cycling {{convert|18,000|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} across the globe visiting Russia, Mongolia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US and a number of countries in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artemisworldcycle.com/|title=Mark Beaumont's Around the World in 80 Days {{!}} Artemis World Cycle|website=artemisworldcycle.com|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-date=21 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421195954/http://www.artemisworldcycle.com/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

==Origins==
The idea of a trip around the world within a set period had clear external origins. It was popular before Verne published his book in 1873. Even the title ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' is not original. Several sources have been hypothesized as the origins of the story.<ref name=butcher/>

Another early reference comes from the Italian traveler Giovanni Francesco [[Gemelli Careri]]. He wrote a book in 1699 that was translated into French: Voyage around the World or ''Voyage du Tour du Monde'' (1719, Paris).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Careri|first1=Giovanni Francesco Gemelli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K1AGAAAAQAAJ|title=Voyage du Tour du Monde (1719, Paris)|last2=Noble|first2=Eustache Le|year=1719|access-date=21 October 2016|archive-date=22 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170422214027/https://books.google.com/books?id=K1AGAAAAQAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Around the World by Steam, via Pacific Railway'', was published in 1871 by the [[Union Pacific Railroad Company]], and an ''Around the World in A Hundred and Twenty Days'' by Edmond Planchut. In early 1870, the Erie Railway Company published a statement of routes, times, and distances detailing a trip around the globe of {{convert|23,739|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} in 77 days and 21 hours.<ref name="newspaper_reference">''The Kansas Daily Tribune'', 5 February 1870.</ref>

American [[William Perry Fogg]] traveled the world, describing his tour in a series of letters to ''[[The Plain Dealer|The Cleveland Leader]]'' newspaper, entitled, ''Round the World: Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt'' (1872).<ref>Stephen Kern, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Co7ipk-yOs0C&pg=PA212 ''The Culture of Time and Space, 1880-1918: With a New Preface''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726092053/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Co7ipk-yOs0C&pg=PA212 |date=26 July 2020 }}, Harvard University Press (2003) - Google Books pg. 212</ref><ref>Joyce E. Chaplin, [https://books.google.com/books?id=F2wTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA215 ''Round About the Earth: Circumnavigation from Magellan to Orbit''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726113830/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F2wTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA215 |date=26 July 2020 }}, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks (2012) - Google Books pg. 215</ref>

In 1872, [[Thomas Cook]] organised the first around-the-world tourist trip, leaving on 20 September 1872 and returning seven months later. The journey was described in a series of letters published in 1873 as ''Letter from the Sea and from Foreign Lands, Descriptive of a tour Round the World.'' Scholars have pointed out similarities between Verne's account and Cook's letters. However, some argue that Cook's trip happened too late to influence Verne. According to a second-hand 1898 account, Verne refers to a Cook advertisement as a source for the idea of his book. In interviews in 1894 and 1904, Verne says the source was "through reading one day in a Paris cafe" and "due merely to a tourist advertisement seen by chance in the columns of a newspaper." ''Around the World'' itself says the origins were a newspaper article. All of these point to Cook's advert as being a probable spark for the idea of the book.<ref name=butcher/>

The periodical ''Le Tour du monde'' (3 October 1869) contained a short piece titled "Around the World in Eighty Days", which refers to {{convert|140|mi|km|order=flip|abbr=on}} of the railway not yet completed between Allahabad and Bombay, a central point in Verne's work. But even the ''Le Tour de monde'' article was not entirely original; it cites in its bibliography the ''Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, de la Géographie, de l'Histoire et de l'Archéologie'' (August 1869), which also contains the title ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' in its contents page. The ''Nouvelles Annales'' were written by [[Conrad Malte-Brun]] (1775–1826) and his son [[Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun]] (1816–1889). Scholars{{Who|date=March 2017}} believe that Verne was aware of the ''Le Tour de monde'' article, the ''Nouvelles Annales,'' or both and that he consulted it or them, noting that the ''Le Tour du monde'' even included a trip schedule very similar to Verne's final version.<ref name=butcher/>

A possible inspiration was the traveller [[George Francis Train]], who made four trips around the world, including one in 80 days in 1870. Similarities include the hiring of a private train and being imprisoned. Train later claimed, "Verne stole my thunder. I'm Phileas Fogg."<ref name=butcher/>

[[File:Verne Denoument.jpg|thumb|The book page containing the famous ''dénouement'' (page 312 in the Philadelphia – Porter & Coates, 1873 edition)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://truescans.com/index-Verne-2.htm |title=TrueScans of Around the World in Eighty Days; Philadelphia – Porter & Coates, 1873 |publisher=Truescans.com |access-date=13 January 2013 |archive-date=3 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503043818/http://truescans.com/index-Verne-2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
Regarding the idea of gaining a day, Verne said of its origin: "I have a great number of scientific odds and ends in my head. It was thus that, when, one day in a Paris café, I read in the ''Siècle'' that a man could travel around the world in 80 days, it immediately struck me that I could profit by a difference of meridian and make my traveller gain or lose a day in his journey. There was a [[dénouement]] ready found. The story was not written until long after. I carry ideas about in my head for years – ten, or 15 years, sometimes – before giving them form." In his April 1873 lecture, "The Meridians and the Calendar", Verne responded to a question about where the change of day occurred since the [[International Date Line]] only became current in 1880 and the Greenwich prime meridian was not adopted internationally until 1884. Verne cited an 1872 article in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]],'' and [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s short story "Three Sundays in a Week" (1841), which was also based on going around the world and the difference in a day linked to a marriage at the end. Verne even analysed Poe's story in his ''Edgar Poe and His Works'' (1864).<ref name=butcher/>

==Adaptations and influences==
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The book has been adapted or reimagined many times in different forms.

===Literature===
* The novel ''Around the world in 100 days'' by [[Gary Blackwood (author)|Gary Blackwood]] (2010) serves as a sequel to the events in ''80 days''. The book follows Phileas's son as he travels around the world by car instead of train, hence the longer time limit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scholastic.com/content/teachers/en/books/around-the-world-in-100-days-by-gary-l-blackwood/|title=Around the World in 100 Days by Gary L. Blackwood {{!}} Scholastic|website=scholastic.com|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108174108/https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/home.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The novel ''[[The Other Log of Phileas Fogg]]'' by Philip Jose Farmer (1973) tells the secret history of Phileas Fogg's unprecedented trip, in which two alien races contend for Earth's mastery.

===Theatre===
* The novel was converted into a play by Verne and [[Adolphe d'Ennery]] for production in Paris in 1874. The play was translated into English and brought to the United States by [[The Kiralfy Brothers]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Philippe Burgaud, Jean-Michel Margot and Brian Taves|url=http://najvs.org/palikseries.shtml#Vol-6|title=The Palik Series, Volume 6|publisher=North American Jules Verne Society|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref>
* [[Orson Welles]] produced a musical version with [[Cole Porter]] in 1946 called ''[[Around the World (musical)|Around the World]]''.
* Another musical version, ''80 Days'', with songs by [[Ray Davies]] of [[the Kinks]] and a book by playwright [[Snoo Wilson]], directed by [[Des McAnuff]], ran at the [[Mandell Weiss Theatre]] in San Diego from 23 August to 9 October 1988, receiving mixed responses from the critics. Davies's multi-faceted music, McAnuff's directing, and the acting were well received, with the show winning the "Best Musical" award from the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle.<ref>{{cite web|author=Neu|url=http://www.kinks.de/40jahre/teil6_e.html|title=80 Days|publisher=Kinks.de|access-date=13 January 2013|archive-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802062534/http://www.kinks.de/40jahre/teil6_e.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Mark Brown adapted the book for a five-actor stage production in 2001. It has been performed in New York, Canada, England, South Africa, and Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.markbrownwriter.com/scripts/around-the-world-in-80-days/|work=epicurious.com|title=Mark Brown – Writer|date=17 February 2013 |access-date=9 October 2013|archive-date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710015616/http://www.markbrownwriter.com/scripts/around-the-world-in-80-days/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Toby Hulse created an adaptation for three actors, which was first produced at [[The Egg, Bath|The Egg]] at The [[Theatre Royal, Bath]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Around the World in Eighty Days|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jan/05/around-world-80-days-review|publisher=Guardian.com|date=5 January 2010|access-date=26 December 2016|archive-date=27 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827151544/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jan/05/around-world-80-days-review|url-status=live}}</ref> It was revived at the [[Arcola Theatre]] in London in 2013 and [[The Theatre Chipping Norton]] in 2014.

===Radio===
* The novel was adapted twice by Orson Welles for his ''[[Mercury Theatre]]'' broadcasts, 23 October 1938 (60 minutes) and 7 June 1946 (30 minutes).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.otrsite.com/logs/logm1017.htm|title=Mercury Theater .. episodic log|website=www.otrsite.com|accessdate=4 April 2023}}</ref>
* ''Jules Verne – Around the World in Eighty Days,'' a 4-part drama adaptation in 2010 by Terry James and directed by Janet Whittaker for [[BBC Radio 7]] (now BBC Radio 4 Extra), starred [[Leslie Phillips]] as Phileas Fogg, Yves Aubert as Passepartout and [[Jim Broadbent]] as Sergeant Fix.<ref name="r4e">{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d4xlc/episodes/guide |title=Jules Verne – Around the World in Eighty Days – Episode guide |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=1 January 1970 |access-date=23 November 2015 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102001636/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00d4xlc/episodes/guide |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rdro">{{cite web |url=http://www.radiodramareviews.com/id439.html |title=Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, adapted by Terry James |publisher=Radiodramareviews.com |date=28 February 2010 |access-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924084120/http://www.radiodramareviews.com/id439.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 }}</ref>

===Film===
[[File:Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen (1919) poster.jpg|thumb|''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1919 film)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'' (1919)]]
* In 1919, a silent film was released. Produced in Germany and starring [[Conrad Veidt]] as Phileas Fogg, the film's original German title was ''[[Die Reise um die Erde in 80 Tagen]]''. Its original 2 hour and 11 minute running time was later cut by seven minutes. The film was considered lost as of 2002.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Soister|first1=John T.|last2=Battle|first2=Pat Wilks|title=Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|date=2002|isbn=9780786412891|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hxWBCgAAQBAJ|page=60-}}</ref>
* In 1923, a silent serial based on the book was released.  Titled ''Around the World in 18 days'', the serial told the story of Fogg's descendant, Phileas Fogg III, and his attempt to recreate his grandfather's journey.
* In 1938, a French/English co-production entitled ''An Indian Fantasy Story'' featured the wager at the Reform Club and the rescue of the Indian Princess. However, the production was never completed.<ref>{{cite web  | title = Cartoon Synopsis for An Indian Fantasy  | url = http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_synopsis/56541-An_Indian_Fantasy.html  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130102040949/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon_synopsis/56541-An_Indian_Fantasy.html  | url-status = dead  | archive-date = 2 January 2013  | access-date = 18 July 2007  }}</ref>
* In 1956, [[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]] directed a [[Around the World in 80 Days (1956 film)|film adaptation]] starring [[David Niven]] and [[Cantinflas]]. The film won five [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], including [[Best Picture|Academy Award for Best Picture]] 
* In 1963, a comedy film ''[[The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze]]'' starring [[The Three Stooges]] in the Passepartout role was released to exploit the popularity of the 1956 film and the Stooges resurgence in popularity that began in 1959.
* In 1910, Serbian writer [[Branislav Nušić]], inspired by the works of Jules Verne, wrote the comedy [[Travel Around the World]] (Put oko sveta). This play was later adapted into a film of the same name in 1964, directed by [[Soja Jovanović]], one of the first female directors in the former Yugoslavia. The film was produced by [[Avala Film]].
* In 2000, Warner Bros. released ''[[Tweety's High-Flying Adventure]]'' in which Tweety flies around the world in 80 days collecting cat paw prints in order to raise money for a children's park. The film was also adapted into a game for the [[Game Boy Color]] that same year.
* In 2004, a [[Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)|film]] was made, loosely based on the book, starring [[Steve Coogan]] and [[Jackie Chan]] in the roles of Fogg and Passepartout respectively. The adaptation bears less resemblance to the book. The film was nominated for two [[Razzie Awards]].

===Television===
* ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days (1972 TV series)|Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', a 1972 Australian animated television adaptation.
* ''[[The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots]]'', a 1969 Japanese cel-animated film.
* ''[[Bolek and Lolek#8. Wielka podróż Bolka i Lolka|Wielka Podróż Bolka i Lolka]]'', a 1978 Polish 15-episode miniseries in the ''[[Bolek and Lolek]]'' cartoon franchise, where Bolek and Lolek must compete with Fogg's descendant in a bet to repeat his fabled journey.
* ''[[Around the World with Willy Fog]]'', a 1984 Spanish animated television adaptation.
* [[Pierce Brosnan]] starred as Phileas Fogg in the [[Around the World in 80 Days (miniseries)|1989 mini series]] with [[Julia Nickson]], [[Peter Ustinov]], and [[Eric Idle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0096535/|title="Around the World in 80 Days-Mini Series"|website=[[IMDb]]|access-date=26 November 2021|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126131531/https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0096535/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Michael Palin|Sir Michael Palin]] partially attempted to recreate the journey for a documentary series: ''[[Around the World in 80 Days with Michael Palin]]''.
* ''[[Mickey Mouse Works]]'' "MouseTales" segment and ''[[House of Mouse]]'' episode "Mickey and Minnie's Big Vacation", with Mickey Mouse in the role of Phileas Fogg, Goofy as Jean Passepartout, Scrooge McDuck as Lord Abermarle, and Minnie Mouse as Princess Aouda.
* ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (2021 TV series)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'', a 2021 international co-produced series starring [[David Tennant]] as Phileas Fogg.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://bleedingcool.com/tv/david-tennant-offers-around-the-world-in-80-days-production-update/|title = David Tennant Offers "Around the World in 80 Days" Production Update|date = 27 December 2020|access-date = 5 November 2021|archive-date = 5 November 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211105091908/https://bleedingcool.com/tv/david-tennant-offers-around-the-world-in-80-days-production-update/|url-status = live}}</ref>

===Games===
* There have been several board games based, often loosely, upon the story.<ref>[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18157/around-world-80-days Around the World in 80 days] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226204527/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18157/around-world-80-days |date=26 December 2021 }}</ref><ref>[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414/around-world-80-days Around the World in 80 days] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226204516/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/414/around-world-80-days |date=26 December 2021 }}</ref><ref>[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204599/around-world-80-days Around the World in 80 days] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226204521/https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204599/around-world-80-days |date=26 December 2021 }}</ref>
* The 2004 mobile video game ''[[Around the World in 80 Days (video game)|Around the World in 80 Days]]'' is based on the 2004 film.
* The 2005 PC video game [[80 Days (2005 video game)|''80 Days'' (2005 video game)]], developed by [[Frogwares]], is based on the novel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/sports/othersports/circumnavigating-this-world-and-a-visit-to-another.html |url-access=limited |title=Circumnavigating This World, and a Visit to Another |last=Herold |first=Charles |date=7 January 2006 |website=The New York Times|access-date=26 September 2019 |archive-date=26 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926150010/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/sports/othersports/circumnavigating-this-world-and-a-visit-to-another.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The 2014 game of the same name, [[80 Days (2014 video game)|''80 Days'' (2014 video game)]], developed by [[Inkle (company)|Inkle]], is loosely based on the novel while introducing various [[science fiction]] elements.
* The 2020 mobile video game ''Sherlock: Hidden Match-3 Cases'', developed by [[G5 Entertainment]], is partly based on the novel.<ref>[https://www.g5.com/games/sherlock-hidden-match-3-cases Sherlock: Hidden Match-3 Cases, G5 Games]. Retrieved 3 October, 2024.</ref>

===Internet===
* [[Flightfox]] created a trip, "Around the World in 80 Hours", to see if flight experts could find cheap flights following the same path as described in the book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://flightfox.com/contest/102501 |title=Fly Better For Less |publisher=Flightfox.com |date=30 September 2012 |access-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017012645/https://flightfox.com/contest/102501 |archive-date=17 October 2013 }}</ref> The online travel company published a fiction eBook based on the results of the contest.<ref>{{cite web |last=Zacchia |first=Jill |url=https://flightfox.com/showcase/around-the-world-in-80-hours |title=Around the World in 80 Hours |publisher=Flightfox.com |access-date=23 November 2015 |archive-date=24 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124031839/https://flightfox.com/showcase/around-the-world-in-80-hours |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Other===
* [[Worlds of Fun]], an amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri, was conceived using the novel as its theme.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldsoffun.com/online-fun/history |title=History &#124; Worlds of Fun, Kansas City MO |publisher=Worldsoffun.com |date=21 March 2012 |access-date=23 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124031038/https://www.worldsoffun.com/online-fun/history |archive-date=24 November 2015}}</ref>
* Starting in the second half of the 20th century, and continuing up to the present day (2022), a number of airlines had [[Round-the-world ticket|"Around the World in 80 Days" fares]], in which one could take as many flights in one direction as one wanted within the requisite time frame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aroundtheworldtours.com/around-the-world-in-80-days-travel/ |title=Travel Around the World in 80 days |publisher=Around the World Tours |date= |accessdate=2022-01-08 |archive-date=14 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414081508/https://aroundtheworldtours.com/around-the-world-in-80-days-travel/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://alittleadrift.com/rtw-travel/buy-a-rtw-ticket/ |title=Buying Around the World Plane Tickets: A 2021 Guide |publisher=Alittleadrift.com |date= |accessdate=2022-01-08 |archive-date=4 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104155002/https://alittleadrift.com/rtw-travel/buy-a-rtw-ticket/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
* '''''<small>{{portal-inline|Literature}}</small>'''''
* '''''<small>{{portal-inline|World}}</small>'''''

==References==
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==Sources==
* William Butcher, ed. and trans., [http://www.ibiblio.org/julesverne/books/awed%20revd%20edn.pdf ''Around the World in Eighty Days''], Oxford World's Classics (1995, 1999).

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