Around the World in 80 Days is an adventure novel, first published in French in 1872. The book tells the story of Phileas Fogg, who bets his companions in the Reform Club, that he can travel across the globe in eighty days. So the Londoner sets off with his newly employed French valet Passepartout and they find themselves in dangerous, exotic lands. Being one of Verne’s most acclaimed works, Around the World in 80 Days is definitely in advance of its time. Around the World in 80 Days is an adventure novel, first published in French in 1872. The book tells the story of Phileas Fogg, who bets his companions in the Reform Club, that he can travel across the globe in eighty days. So the Londoner sets off with his newly employed French valet Passepartout and they find themselves in dangerous, exotic lands.