A classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in 1873. Translated about the same time by George Makepeace Towle.
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 (equal to £1,324,289 today) set by his friends at the Reform Club.