Biography
Born Jules Gabriel Verne February 8, 1828
Nantes France
Language French
Nationality
French
Occupation Author
Famous book voyages extraordinary
Other work poems, plays, short
stories
Died March 24, 1905(age
77)
Amiens France
Signature
About book
Title around the world in eighty days
In
French (le tour du monde en
Quarte- vingts jours
Published in 1973
Story Adventures
Publisher oxford university
press
Main Characters: passepartout (sporting hero) a French
man
having pleasant appearance
Philias fogg
(leading role) an English
Rich
man
Fix (detective) have a mission to
Catch o
robber, an thinks mr.fogg is a
Robber
according to given description
Mrs.auda (suttee) an Indian princess
John
Sullivan (banker) player of
whist
Samuel
fallentin (banker) player of
whist
Thomas Flanagan
(important member at
The
bank of England) player of whist
Andrew Stuart
(engineer) hero made a
bet
with him
other characters: CAPTAIN SPEEDY (captain of
HENRIETA boat) who recived a huge
Money
for its old boat by Mr. Fogg
CONSUL
inquired about phileas Fogg
and
stamped his passeport in india
SIR
FRANCIS CROMARTY (An Army
General
who played whist with fogg in
steam
ship from England to India
Back
ground of short story:
It is a book based
on different characters as it is mentioned above, pillias fogg is a quiet
wealthy rich man. He has no any best friend but have some companions for plying
whist. He is a man of his own rules and regulations. He has a newly appointed
servant passepartout and had a journey around the world in eighty days with
him. The journey was made due to a bet whether is it possible to complete a
journey around the world in eighty days or not???
He made his
journey with his servant and faced many problems some times due to his servant
and sometime due to detective fix(who was searching a robber with a description
of a gentle man given by British police) and some time due to misfortune.
Review:
The first chapter is “an impossible journey” in which the description of phileas fogg is mentioned that in 1972 he
lived at number 7 Seville row, Burlington gardens. And described about his appearance
(he is a polite, kind hearted, Richey but not greedy and determine person). He
is a player of whist. He never wastes his time. Once something happened he
dismissed his servant and appoint a new servant passepartout. And after conversation
with new servant moved towards reform
club which he visited daily and have a
meal there alone. Than his some friends of whist comes there and start talking
about breaking news of a robber who robbed fifty five thousand pounds from a
bank of England. And move the circle of conversation from robbery to
escape….and finally made a bet Mr. Fogg and Andrew straut. As fogg said “A good
Englishman never jokes when he is making a bet, I will bet twenty thousand
pounds anyone that I will make a tour of the world in eighty days or less. Do
you accept?”
“We accept” replied all his
companions
He started his journey on 2nd October at nine o clock
They leave England at 9 o
clock for Paris
The second chapter is “is Mr. Fogg the Bank Robber” in which the detective fix waits for steamship
impatiently. He was staring every one with great care. Than a man appeared for
whom he was waiting. Mr.Fogg send passepartout to stamp his passport but
detective fix played a trick and ask him to bring his master to council’s
office for stamped his passport. After confirmation he stamped fogg’s passport.
Fix met to passepartout and tries to get some secrets about his master. Passepertout’s
answers made him more suspicious about fogg. And asked for warrant from London.
In the 3rd
chapter “India” fogg and his servant arrived at Bombay on 20th
October. He wasn’t interested in outing. He stamped his passport from Bombay
office and moves toward railway station for Calcutta. But the warrant of arrest
didn’t arrived,
They were moving in the
streets of Bombay “Christians are not allowed in hind us temples, and that the
hindus themselves must take their shoes off before they go in” but innocent
passeparout walked with shoes in temple and thrown out and beaten by some
priests.
Mr. Fogg met in train an army
general sir Francis Cromarty,(became friends on ship because of whist). Sir
Francis warned him that your servant may be punished by Indian government and
he agreed
On 22nd
October passepartout realized that his expensive watch telling a wrong time.
Next day in morning at 8’o clock passengers were heard news that the journey
with train is no more till Allabad. Mr. Fogg bought an elephant for further
journey, and hires a guider.
In the 4th Chapter
“Passepartout becomes a Hero” the guider selected a shorten way through for rest.
At Four O ‘clock he realized some noise coming from bushes. Then some peoples
appeared with statue of their God and a died man with a zaiena young girl going
to became a suttee.
Mr.Fogg Plans to
rescue and they found a place where nobody saw them but they could. After
spending a lot of time they didn’t find a way to get the women. A voice came
that the prince is not dead. He got up like a ghost and carried him away. it
was not a prince but passeparpatout and they are succeeded to got escape.
In the 5th
Chapter “sent to prison” At 10’o Clock the guide said that they were
approaching Allabad, where the train would be kept passengers for Calcutta. The
guider was rewarded with one thousand pounds and an elephant. Mrs.Aouda
recovered and accepted Fogg’s offer to move towards Hong Kong. Passepartout was
sent to court for disobeying of Hindu’s religion. They had a fine two thousand
pounds not sent to jail. it will made fix more sure that fogg is a robber. Passepertout felt a shamed to made his master
in trouble (this all was happen because of Mr.Fogg). At 11’o clock Fogg asked a
small boat to brought them to Rangoon
In the 6th
chapter “the journey to Hong Kong” fix also got a room on Rangoon and ruminate what
should be his next step because warrant are not reached yet. He decided to face
passepartout and told him about all the drama. Misfortune had accrued; the ship
was twenty two hours late. Mrs. Aouda and passepartout become very upset and
Fogg remained patient and calm as ever. Rangoon started her journey once again
and reaching at Hong Kong they got pleasant news that the CARNATIC didn’t leave
for YOKOHAMA, the gap of twenty four hours could be recovered, which made them
glad. Fogg asked his servant to reserved three cabins because Mrs. Aouda’s uncle
was no more in Hong Kong since two years.
The CARNATIC have
to leave in morning but officer told passepartout and fix “carnatic would leave at eight o’ clock that evening,
and not the next morning.”
Fix brought passepartout for A friendly drink. Passepartout
drunk too much and than Mr. Fix revealed all secret in front of Fogg’s servant.
But he didn’t believe him than fix threaten him “Do you wish, then, to be arrested as his helper” and he agreed b saying “I! Help you” and fell down for a
night.
In the 7th
chapter Mr. Fogg and Mrs.aouda searched for passé partout but they were not
succeeded. They thought he was in carnatic and will be save, and also lost
CARNATIC and asked for a private
boat, and offered a sailor one hundred
pounds and reward of two hundred pounds and start a journey for SHANGHAI to
kept a boat for SAN FRANCISCO. Passé partout had encounter with fix on
steamship, and he beaten him but fix didn’t even slapped him and convinced him
by saying this “but now I want to help him” he was doing for his benefit.
In the 8th
chapter RED INDIANS attacked by train. Mr. Fogg and his companions fought hard
with empty hands but passepartout caught in prison of red Indians other
companion went back to got release him.
The engine was brought back but Mrs. Aouda for them they came at 7’o
Clock passepartout but the train was next on 11. Though they decided to moved
on with upon sledge.
In the 9th
Chapter “Mr. Fogg become a see captain” in which he asked a man to took them to Bordeaux on Henrietta for
two thousand pounds each. Mr. Fogg became a captain by keeping locked captain
speedy in his cabin on 13th December seventy eighth day on 18 the
coal was gone Mr. Fogg decided to burn upper part of ship and paid her captain
for sixty thousand and finally reached at LIVERPOOL
on 21st
December and Mr. fix arrested him on the
land of Liverpool by saying “THEN I
ARRESET YOU IN THE NAME OF THE QUEEN!”
In the 10th
chapter “what finally happens” phileas Fogg sent to prison and he missed his train of
1 o’clock. After two o’ clock he got relief and ran towards railway station and
got train of 3 o’clock. He talked to Mrs. Aouda that he ruined his all money in
bet now he has nothing to live with her for whole life(marriage). But at last
passepartout told him that he won the BET because he traveled to EAST and got
an extra day. He got money of bet and MARIED WITH MRS. AOUDA.
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