Journey

Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

A meticulously punctual Englishman wagers his entire fortune that he can circle the globe in exactly eighty days, and then does, mostly through excellent train schedules and one loyal servant’s improvisation. Verne wrote an adventure novel that is secretly also a love letter to the timetable. It remains the most cheerful bet in this catalogue.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 4 hr 15 min

Where to find it

The English Reading Room

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #103. In the public domain in the United States.