<P> Around the World in Eighty Days ( French : Le tour du monde en quatre - vingts jours ) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne , published in 1873 . In the story , Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £ 20,000 wager ( £ 2,075,400 in 2017 ) set by his friends at the Reform Club . It is one of Verne 's most acclaimed works . </P>
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Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £ 20,000 wager ( £ 2,075,400 in 2017 ) set by his friends at the Reform Club