Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days (c) 1873 by Jules Verne

Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne is an extremely entertaining adventure novel that still inspires the imagination today, as much as it did when it was first published in 1873. Phileas Fogg, a British gentleman, makes a wager with some associates at the Reform Club that he can sail around the world in 80 days, and sets off with his newly hired valet, Jean Passepartout, to make the trip. On the way, they have numerous setbacks and adventures, including the rescue of a young Indian woman named Aouda, from being burnt alive on the same funeral pyre her dead husband (whom their guide tells them wasn't very nice to her when he was alive anyway) is about to be burnt, and the rescue of Parssepartout from American indians. Many other adventures follow them around the world, but will they make it back to England in time for Mr. Fogg to win the bet? Read the book and see!