Translator's Preface 1. In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout mutually accept each other as master and manservant 2. Where Passepartout is convinced he has found perfection at last 3. Where a conversation takes place that could cost Phileas Fogg a fortune 4. In which Phileas Fogg astounds his manservant Passepartout 5. In which a new share shows up on the London stock market 6. In which Fix the investigator is understandably impatient 7. Which demonstrates once again that passports are no help in police work 8. In which Passepartout says a bit more than maybe he ought to 9. Where the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean cooperate with Phileas Fogg's objectives 10. Where Passpartout gets off easy with just the loss of his shoes 11. Where Phileas Fogg buys a fabulously expensive form of transportation 12. Where Phileas Fogg and his companions venture through the forests of India and what comes of it 13. In which Passepartout proves once again that luck and pluck are partners 14. In which Phileas Fogg goes down the whole wonderful valley of the Ganges without even thinking to look at it 15. Where the bag of banknotes gets lighter by another couple thousand pounds 16. Where Fix plays dumb when he hears certain things 17. Which deals with this and that during the crossing from Singapore and Hong Kong 18. In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix go about their separate business 19. Where Passepartout grows extremely concerned for his master and what comes of it 20. In which Fix makes direct contact with Phileas Fogg 21. Where the Tankadere's skipper is in real danger of losing his GBP200 bonus 22. Where Passepartout finds that even halfway around the world, it's wise to have a little money in your pocket 23. In which Passepartout's nose gets outlandishly long 24. During which they cross the whole Pacific Ocean 25. Which gives a brief glimpse of San Francisco at election time 26. In which we ride an express train on the Pacific Railroad 27. During which Passepartout takes a course in Mormon history at a speed of twenty miles per hour 28. In which Passepartout can't get anybody to use his head 29. Which will describe assorted incidents that are met with only on Union railroads 30. In which Phileas Fogg simply does what's right 31. Where Insepctor Fix behaves in Phileas Fogg's best interests 32. In which Phileas Fogg grapples with misfortune 33. In which Phileas Fogg rises to the occasion 34. Which gives Passepartout the chance to crack an outrageous but possibly original joke 35. In which Passepartout doesn't ned to be told twice to do what his master says 36. Where shares in Phileas Fogg are back at a premium on the stock market 37. Which demonstrates that Phileas Fogg didn't gain a thing by going around the world-other than happiness Textual notes Recommended Reading
Jules Verne was born in 1828 into a French lawyering family in the Atlantic coastal city of Nantes. Though his father sent him off to a Paris law school, young Jules had been writing on the side since his early teens, and his pet topics were the theater, travel, and science. Predictably enough, his legal studies led nowhere, so Verne took a day job with a stock brokerage, in his off-hours penning scripts for farces and musical comedies while also publishing short stories and novelettes of scientific exploration and adventure. His big breakthrough came when he combined his theatrical knack with his scientific bent and in 1863 published an African adventure yarn, Five Weeks in a Balloon. After that and until his death in 1905, Jules Verne was one of the planet's best-loved and best-selling novelists, publishing more than sixty books. Other imaginative favorites by him include The Mysterious Island, Hector Servadac, The Begum's Millions, Master of the World, and The Meteor Hunt. Verne ranks among the five most translated authors in history, along with Mark Twain and the Bible. Frederick Paul Walter is a scriptwriter, broadcaster, librarian, and amateur paleontologist. A long-standing member of the North American Jules Verne Society, he served as its vice president from 2000 to 2008. Walter has produced many media programs, articles, reviews, and papers on aspects of Jules Verne and has translated many Verne novels, including Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics and The Sphinx of the Ice Realm, both also published by SUNY Press. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
"...Around the World in 80 Days is the entertainment gem in Verne's output." - SirReadaLot.org
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