Around the World in 80 Days (Summarized Edition)

Around the World in 80 Days (Summarized Edition)

Enriched edition. A wager-fueled dash by steam and rail across Suez, India, Hong Kong, Japan, and America—with a clever International Date Line twistBy Jules Verne
Michael Caine
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Around the World in Eighty Days (1872–73) follows punctilious Englishman Phileas Fogg, who wagers at London's Reform Club to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days, aided by his valet Passepartout and shadowed by Detective Fix. Crossing Suez, India, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States by steamship and rail, the tale fuses itinerary and plot. Verne's brisk, reportorial prose hails modern mobility while probing empire, media spectacle, and global temporality, culminating in the celebrated International Date Line twist. Verne (1828–1905), cornerstone of the Voyages extraordinaires with publisher Hetzel, drew on a Nantes-bred maritime imagination and scrupulous study of geography, engineering, and travel guides. Written amid the Suez Canal and U.S. transcontinental railroad, the novel channels technophilia and punctual time. His pedagogical aim—to instruct while entertaining—yields lucid exposition and logistical precision. Readers of classic adventure, global history, and the literature of technology will relish this swift, witty novel. It remains a model of narrative timekeeping and a revealing artifact of nineteenth-century mobility. Ideal for classrooms and curious general readers alike, it rewards close reading and pure delight. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Audiobook details

GenreLiterary Classics, Action and Adventure
Length3 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
6AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (pt. 1)
2Introduction
7AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (pt. 2)
3Synopsis
8Analysis
4Historical Context
9Reflection
5Author Biography
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