CHAPTERS 1-4
The story begins introducing Mr. Phileas Fogg, an English gentleman who's only activities are reading the newspaper at the Reform Club. Nobody knew about him, how he had made his fortune or where he works. He has no friends and he never talks about himself.
One day his servant had been fired and needed another, so a new servant arrived to his house in London. His name was Jean Passepartout. He got the job and without saying anything, Mr. Fogg left the house to go to the Reform Club.
While in the Reform Club, Mr. Fogg and another gentleman were talking about a robbery that had occurred a few days ago. They started talking about the ways in which the robber could escape, arguing that the world is so big. Mr. Fogg didn't think so, he said that the world could be travelled in only eighty days. Obviously the other gentlemen argued about this, so Mr. Fogg set this plan:
London to Suez by Calais and Brindisi 7 days
Suez to Bombay 13 days
Bombay to Calcutta 3 days
Calcutta to Hong Kong 13 days
Hong Kong to Yokohama 6 days
Yokohama to San Francisco 22 days
San Francisco to New York 7 days
New York to London 9 days
80 days
He also made a bet that he would go round the world in eighty days. If he could do it, the other gentlemen would give him four thousand pounds, but if he loses, he would give away twenty thousand pounds. The men accepted the bet and Mr. Fogg left that same day.
He arrived his home and told Passepartout to prepare himself for a journey around the world. They only took a small bag and twenty thousand pounds for the travel.
They arrive Suez seven days later, where the detective Fix is introduced. He was searching for the robber of the bank in England. This robber appearance was similar to Mr. Fogg. Mr. Fix examined every passenger in the Mongolia, the ship that Mr. Fogg and Passepartout had taken. Mr. Fogg sent Passepartout to the British Consul so that the passport would be signed, proving that he had been there. Mr. Fix took a look at him and at the passport. By looking this he was absolutely sure that Mr Fogg was the man he was searching.
Mr Fix talked to Passepartout about his master, asking him about his life, but Passepartout could not answer anything, because he had only met a little time. With this Mr Fix was sure that Mr Fogg was the robber and communicated this to the consul. Mr Fix asked the consul to send a telegram to London asking for a warrant to arrest Mr Fogg.
Mr Fogg and Passepartout got up the Mongolia again to arrive in Bombay. Mr Fix followed them. Passepartout saw him on the Mongolia and talked a little about his master's plans.
They arrived at Bombay two days earlier than they expected, so Mr Fogg went down the ship to get his passport signed. Their train to Calcutta would leave at 8 o'clock that same day. While in Bombay Passepartout went into a problem. He got into a temple when no visitors were allowed wearing shoes. So the priests attacked him but Passepartout managed to escape the temple punching them down.