Around the World in Eighty Days
Join Phileas Fogg on a daring race around the globe. This classic adventure story has been adapted in modern English for learners at CEFR B1 · Lexile 950L.
Jules Verne · Level: B1 · 37 Chapters
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- Chapter 1. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN
Phileas Fogg, a precise and wealthy Londoner, hires a new French valet named Passepartout after dismissing his previous servant for a minor error.
Start learning - Chapter 2. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS IDEAL
Passepartout meets his new master, Phileas Fogg, and inspects the perfectly ordered house, finding it ideal for his desire for a calm life.
Start learning - Chapter 3. IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST PHILEAS FOGG DEAR
Phileas Fogg makes a daring wager with his friends to travel around the world in eighty days.
Start learning - Chapter 4. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT
Phileas Fogg announces a sudden global journey to his stunned servant, and they depart for Dover with minimal luggage.
Start learning - Chapter 5. IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS ON 'CHANGE
Phileas Fogg's wager sparks public debate and betting, but a false accusation of bank robbery turns opinion against him.
Start learning - Chapter 6. IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, BETRAYS A VERY NATURAL IMPATIENCE
Detective Fix anxiously awaits the steamer Mongolia at Suez, hoping to identify a bank robber among the passengers.
Start learning - Chapter 7. WHICH ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATES THE USELESSNESS OF PASSPORTS AS AIDS TO DETECTIVES
Fix, a detective, suspects Fogg is a robber and tries to delay him at the Suez consulate, but Fogg calmly obtains his visa and returns to the ship.
Start learning - Chapter 8. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT
Fix questions Passepartout in Suez, learns of Fogg's wager and wealth, and becomes convinced Fogg is the bank robber.
Start learning - Chapter 9. IN WHICH THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS TO THE DESIGNS OF PHILEAS FOGG
The Mongolia steams across the Red Sea and Indian Ocean, arriving in Bombay two days early. Fogg plays whist, while Passepartout befriends the detective Fix.
Start learning - Chapter 10. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET OFF WITH THE LOSS OF HIS SHOES
Fogg and Passepartout arrive in Bombay. Passepartout's curiosity leads him to violate a temple, resulting in a fight and the loss of his shoes.
Start learning - Chapter 11. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SECURES A CURIOUS MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AT A FABULOUS PRICE
The train journey is interrupted by unfinished tracks, forcing Fogg to purchase an elephant named Kiouni for an exorbitant price to continue his journey.
Start learning - Chapter 12. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE ACROSS THE INDIAN FORESTS, AND WHAT ENSUED
Fogg, Cromarty, and Passepartout cross the Indian forest on an elephant, witness a funeral procession for a suttee, and Fogg decides to intervene to save the woman.
Start learning - Chapter 13. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT RECEIVES A NEW PROOF THAT FORTUNE FAVORS THE BRAVE
Fogg's party attempts to rescue Aouda from a ritual sacrifice, and Passepartout bravely impersonates the rajah to save her.
Start learning - Aouda's Rescue and the Elephant's Reward
The group escapes with Aouda, travels by train through the Ganges valley, and Fogg offers to escort her to safety in Hong Kong.
Start learning - Chapter 15. IN WHICH THE BAG OF BANKNOTES DISGORGES SOME THOUSANDS OF POUNDS MORE
Fogg and Passepartout are arrested in Calcutta over the Bombay pagoda incident, but Fogg pays bail to catch their steamer.
Start learning - Chapter 16. IN WHICH FIX DOES NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST WHAT IS SAID TO HIM
Aouda and Fogg travel by sea to Hong Kong, while detective Fix plots to arrest Fogg upon arrival.
Start learning - Chapter 17. SHOWING WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VOYAGE FROM SINGAPORE TO HONG KONG
Passepartout suspects Fix is a spy for the Reform Club, while Fix worries his cover is blown as the Rangoon sails from Singapore to Hong Kong.
Start learning - Chapter 18. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG, PASSEPARTOUT, AND FIX GO EACH ABOUT HIS BUSINESS
A storm delays the Rangoon, but the Carnatic's boiler repair allows Fogg to catch it. He discovers Aouda's relative has moved to Europe and invites her to continue the journey.
Start learning - Chapter 19. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TAKES A TOO GREAT INTEREST IN HIS MASTER, AND WHAT COMES OF IT
Fix reveals he is a detective hunting Fogg, tries to bribe Passepartout, and drugs him in an opium den to prevent him from informing Fogg of the ship's early departure.
Start learning - Chapter 20. IN WHICH FIX COMES FACE TO FACE WITH PHILEAS FOGG
Fogg misses the Carnatic, charters a pilot boat to Shanghai with Aouda and Fix, and searches for Passepartout before departing.
Start learning - Chapter 21. IN WHICH THE MASTER OF THE "TANKADERE" RUNS GREAT RISK OF LOSING A REWARD OF TWO HUNDRED POUNDS
Fogg, Aouda, and Fix sail from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the Tankadere, enduring a fierce typhoon but arriving just in time to signal their steamer.
Start learning - Chapter 22. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT FINDS OUT THAT, EVEN AT THE ANTIPODES, IT IS CONVENIENT TO HAVE SOME MONEY IN ONE'S POCKET
Passepartout awakens on the Carnatic, realizes he missed Fogg, and arrives penniless in Yokohama, wandering the city.
Start learning - Chapter 23. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT'S NOSE BECOMES OUTRAGEOUSLY LONG
Passepartout joins a circus troupe to earn passage to America, but his performance collapses when he spots his master in the audience.
Start learning - Chapter 24. DURING WHICH MR. FOGG AND PARTY CROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN
Fogg's party reunites with Passepartout in Yokohama and boards a steamer to cross the Pacific, where Fix reveals a new alliance.
Start learning - Chapter 25. IN WHICH A SLIGHT GLIMPSE IS HAD OF SAN FRANCISCO
Fogg's group arrives in San Francisco, witnesses a violent political riot, and Fix takes a blow meant for Fogg during the chaos.
Start learning - Chapter 26. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PARTY TRAVEL BY THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
Fogg's party travels by train across the American West, encountering a massive buffalo herd that delays them for three hours.
Start learning - Chapter 27. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT UNDERGOES, AT A SPEED OF TWENTY MILES AN HOUR, A COURSE OF MORMON HISTORY
Passepartout attends a Mormon missionary's lecture on a train, becomes the sole listener, and later observes Salt Lake City's polygamous society with apprehension.
Start learning - Chapter 28. IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT DOES NOT SUCCEED IN MAKING ANYBODY LISTEN TO REASON
The train faces a damaged bridge; the engineer decides to cross at full speed, successfully leaping the gap before the bridge collapses.
Start learning - Chapter 29. IN WHICH CERTAIN INCIDENTS ARE NARRATED WHICH ARE ONLY TO BE MET WITH ON AMERICAN RAILROADS
Fogg's train journey is interrupted by a duel with Proctor, which is then halted by a Sioux attack, forcing Passepartout to heroically uncouple the locomotive.
Start learning - Chapter 30. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SIMPLY DOES HIS DUTY
Fogg leads soldiers to rescue Passepartout from the Sioux, sacrificing his tight schedule and missing the train.
Start learning - Chapter 31. IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, CONSIDERABLY FURTHERS THE INTERESTS OF PHILEAS FOGG
Fix arranges a wind-powered sledge to help Fogg cross the frozen prairie to Omaha, aiming to recover lost time.
Start learning - Chapter 32. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ENGAGES IN A DIRECT STRUGGLE WITH BAD FORTUNE
Fogg misses the China steamer, then charters the Henrietta to Bordeaux by paying the reluctant captain an exorbitant sum.
Start learning - Chapter 33. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SHOWS HIMSELF EQUAL TO THE OCCASION
Fogg commandeers the Henrietta, buys and burns its wooden parts for fuel, and races to Liverpool before being arrested.
Start learning - Chapter 34. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AT LAST REACHES LONDON
Fogg is arrested in Liverpool but freed when the real robber is caught, then races by special train to London.
Start learning - Chapter 35. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG DOES NOT HAVE TO REPEAT HIS ORDERS TO PASSEPARTOUT TWICE
Fogg returns home ruined, but Aouda proposes marriage to him, and he accepts, bringing unexpected joy.
Start learning - Chapter 36. IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG'S NAME IS ONCE MORE AT A PREMIUM ON 'CHANGE
Phileas Fogg arrives at the Reform Club just in time to win his wager, as public opinion shifts in his favor after the real bank robber is arrested.
Start learning - Chapter 37. IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT PHILEAS FOGG GAINED NOTHING BY HIS TOUR AROUND THE WORLD, UNLESS IT WERE HAPPINESS
Phileas Fogg realizes he gained a day traveling east, wins his wager, and marries Aouda, finding happiness.
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