Around the World in Eighty Days has been a bestseller for over a century, but it has never before appeared in a critical edition. While most translations misread or even abridge the original, this stylish version is completely true to Verne's classic, moving as fast and as brilliantly as Phineas Fogg's own race against time. Around the World in Eighty Days offers a strong dose of post-romantic reality but not a shred of science fiction: its modernism lies instead in the experimental technique and Verne's unique twisting of space and time.

Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always going by the shortest route. He did not give an idle look. He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture.

When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days, little does he know about the epic journey that he is about to undertake. With his faithful French servant, Passepartout, Phileas Fogg embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, travelling across four continents by whatever means he can - train, elephant, steam ship - and experiencing endless surprises and mishaps along the way.

Chapter 1 In which Phileas Fogg and

 Passepartout accept each other-the

 one as Master, the other as Servant

Chapter 2 In which Passepartout is Convinced

 that he has Found his ideal

Chapter 3 In which a conversation takes place

 which may cost Phileas Fogg dearly

Chapter 4 In which Phileas Fogg surprises

 Passepartout, his Servant, beyond measure

Chapter 5 In which a new Security appears on

 the London Exchange

Chapter 6 In which the Agent, Fix, shows a very proper impatience

Chapter 7 Which shows once more the uselessness of Passports in Police Matters

Chapter 8 In which Passepartout perhaps talks a little more than is proper

Chapter 9 In which the Red Sea and the Indian

 Ocean show themselves Propitious to

 Phileas Fogg's designs

Chapter 10 In which Passepartout is only too happy

 to get off with the loss of his shoes

Chapter 11 In which Phileas Fogg buys a

 Conveyance at a Fabulous Price

Chapter 12 In which Phileas Fogg and his

 Companions venture through the

 Forests of India, and what follows

Chapter 13 In which Passepartout proves again

 that Fortune smiles upon the Bold

Chapter 14 In which Phileas Fogg descends

 the entire splendid Valley of

 the Ganges without ever

 thinking of looking at it

Chapter 15 In which the Bag with the Bank-notes

 is relieved of a few Thousand

 Pounds more

Chapter 16 In which Fix has not the Appearance

 of knowing anything about

 the Matters concerning which

 They talk to Him

Chapter 17 In which one thing and another is

 talked about during the Trip from

 Singapore to Hong-Kong

Chapter 18 In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout,

 and Fix each goes about His own

 business

Chapter 19 In which Passepartout takes a little

 too lively interest in his Master, and

 what follows

Chapter 20 In which Fix comes in direct contact with Phileas Fogg

Chapter 21 In which the Master of the

 "Tankadere" runs great risk of losing a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds

Chapter 22 In which Passepartout sees very well

 that, even at the Antipodes, it is

 Prudent to have some Money in One's pocket

Chapter 23 In which Passepartout's nose is

 lengthened enormously

Chapter 24 During which is Accomplished the

 Voyage across the Pacific Ocean

Chapter 25 In which a slight glimpse of San

 Francisco is had-a

 Political Meeting

Chapter 26 In which our Party takes the Express

 Train on the Pacific Railroad

Chapter 27 In which Passepartout follows, with a

 Speed of Twenty Miles an Hour, a

 Course of Mormon History

Chapter 28 In which Passepartout could not

 Succeed in making anyone listen

 to Reason

Chapter 29 In which certain Incidents are

 Related, only to be met with on the

 Railroads of the United States

Chapter 30 In which Phileas Fogg simply does

 his duty

Chapter 31 In which the Detective Fix takes

 seriously in charge Phileas Fogg's

 Interests

Chapter 32 In which Phileas Fogg engages in a

 Direct Struggle with Ill Luck

Chapter 33 In which Phileas Fogg shows Himself

 equal to Circumstances

Chapter 34 Which gives Passepartout the

 opportunity of letting out some

 atrocious, but perhaps Unpublished,

 Words

Chapter 35 In which Passepartout does not have

 repeated to Him twice the Order

 His Master gives Him

Chapter 36 In which "Phileas Fogg" is again

 at a Premium in the Market

Chapter 37 In which it is Proved that Phileas

 Fogg has gained nothing by making

 this Tour of the World, unless it be Happiness