Global tourism was now a reality, at least for gentlemen of means. Verne was fascinated by all the technological innovations of the late 19th century, especially the First Transcontinental Railroad in the US and the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, as well as the linking of Indian railways across the continent the following year.
He wins the bet (sharing the winnings with Passepartout and Fix) and marries Aouda. Then Fogg realizes that, in fact, they had lost a day during their travels and makes it back to his club in the nick of time. Complicating matters is a Scotland Yard detective named Fix, who mistakes Fogg for a fugitive bank robber and tracks the pair throughout their travels.įogg initially thinks he has lost his wager-and his fortune-since Fix briefly arrests him once he's back on British soil, before realizing the actual bank robber had been apprehended three days before. Fogg takes his new valet, Passepartout, with him, departing London by train. If he doesn't succeed, he will be ruined. It's a significant wager, too, amounting to half of Fogg's fortune, with the other half required to finance his journey. Fogg's colleagues are skeptical, so he makes a wager that he can accomplish the feat. The article claims this makes it possible to circumnavigate the world in 80 days. (Spoilers for the 1873 Jules Verne novel below.)įogg is the novel's main protagonist, a gentleman of modest fortune who gets into an argument with his pals at the Reform Club over a newspaper article about the opening of a new railway section in India.
CAST OF AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS TV
The latest TV adaption by the BBC stars a perfectly cast David Tennant as the globe-trotting adventurer Phileas Fogg, and judging from the preview, it looks like a particularly entertaining way to kick of the new year.
Jules Verne's 1873 novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, inspired numerous real-life attempts to navigate the globe, as well as myriad film, TV, and radio adaptations of varying success. Phileas Fogg (David Tennant), Abigail Fix (Leonie Benesch), and Jean Passepartout (Ibrahim Koma) set out on the adventure of a lifetime in a new TV adaptation of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days.
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