Around the World in 80 Days is a classic adventure novel written by
Jules Verne. In the novel, Phileas Fogg and his French Valet
Passepartout try to go around the world in 80 days to win a huge sum of
money put up by Fogg's friends at the Reform Club. They leave from
London by train on October 2 in order to win the bet; Fogg must return
to the club by December 21, 80 days later. In Egypt, Fogg is a suspect
for robbing the Bank of England by Scotland Yard detective Fix, and is
thereafter followed by Fix. During journey Fogg and Passepartout have
frustrating, exciting and perilous encounters that threaten to prevent
them from completing their trip on time. The novel is widely acclaimed
and considered one of Verne's greatest works.