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Because he appeared to have no financial, social, and political interests in the city, it was doubted that Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. For example, Phileas was never seen at the Royal Exchange or...
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The climax of the story occurs at the end of Fogg's journey. He has waged a bet that he can make it around the entire world in 80 days, and he is so close to making it back to London in time....
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Allahabad was between Bombay and Calcutta. Fogg was to take a Great Indian Peninsula Railway train from Bombay to Calcutta; the journey was to take three days by train. ...Leaving Bombay, it...
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Jean Passepartout is a very versatile and fun character. When he introduces himself to Phileas Fogg, he says, "I have a natural aptness for going out of one business into another" (page 5)....
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By that part of the novel, Passepartout has been separated from Phileas Fogg. That is a big problem in general, but the immediate problem is that Passepartout does not carry money around like Fogg...
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Yes, Phileas Fogg was rich. Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those who knew him best could not imagine how he had made his fortune, and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom to apply for...
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The five men who were involved in the bet were skeptical of his success from the start of the book, so their initial doubt helped to encourage their doubt by the end of the story as well. Chapter...
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Phileas Fogg is a wonderful character. Being an English gentleman, he is quite proper and respectable most of the time. Along with being a true English gentleman comes honor and integrity. Fogg...
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Hello! You asked for a description of Phileas Fogg's journey of any three places: 1) Bombay to Calcutta Phileas Fogg, his valet, Passepartout, and Sir Francis take a train from Bombay to Calcutta....
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Jules Verne's 1872 novel Around the World in Eighty Days is an adventure story about a rather peculiar English gentleman, Phileas Fogg, who surprises all those who know him by wagering with his...
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Hello! In Around The World In Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg is a wealthy man of means who lives a bachelor life; he is served by his man-servant, Passepartout. Together, they embark upon their...
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The importance of the Sioux attack in Chapter 29 of this novel is that it prevents yet another complication that Fogg faces in the completion of his quest. Although Fogg, Fix and Adoua are fine, it...
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while disembarking in Egypt, Fogg is watched by a Scotland yard detective named fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of a bank robber. because fogg matches the description of the bank...
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detective fix
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Phileas Fogg first meets Jean Passepartout in the very first chapter of Around the World in Eighty Days. Vernes writes that the year is 1872. Passepartout had arrived at Phileas' fashionable home...
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As the title of the story implies, Jules Verne's novel is one of multiple settings and locations around the world. Beginning his voyage in October 1872, Phileas Fogg first travels from his London...
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Jules Verne had a love of travel, visiting over a dozen countries during his lifetime. While his means of travel were simple -- train and steamship -- he loved to speculate about new and exciting...
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As a child, Jules Verne was fascinated by travel, watching boats moving along the Loire River in France and writing adventure stories during his classes. Verne's family moved between Summer and...
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I think the biggest universal truth or theme that becomes clear when you read this exciting text is the way in which the importance of speed and accuracy are stressed. Let us remember that the...
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Jules Verne, one of the most prescient authors in history, postulated or invented many innovations long before their actual debut. Among these was his fascination with technological means of...
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One of the demonstrable differences in Fix during these chapters is the way in which he moves from being a force that tries to oppose Fogg from a hidden vantage point to a character that befriends...
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Fun question! Let's move it to the Literature Discussion Forum so you can collect more points of view. I'll start the vote by saying Passepartout is more a help than a hinderance. I'm sure I am...
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Satī, often spelled and pronounced "suttee," is a banned funeral practice of Indian cultures. The practice consisted of a widow voluntarily burning herself alive on her dead husband's funeral...
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Phileas Fogg and his hapless partner, Passepartout, rescue young Aouda from the funeral pyre of her late husband, planning to find her a home with a suitable relative. None are to be found in the...
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I leave the language and literature part to the experts But the Science part. If you make your journey east ward you are going a total speed of earth of the plus your speed. So , you see the...
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Phileas Fogg does not actually change much during the course of the novel. He starts out as a precise, very methodical man, wedded to etiquette and proper manners, and ends the novel without...
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In Yokohama, Mr. Fix finally gets the warrant of arrest he has been seeking for Phileas Fogg. Mr. Fix, a detective, is convinced that Fogg is a wanted bank robber, and has been pursuing him around...
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Passepartout first met Detective Fix quite by accident. The date was Wednesday, the 9th of October, and Fix was in Suez, awaiting the arrival of the steamer Mongolia. Fix was "one of the...
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Phileas Fogg used to leave the house for the club at (c) half past eleven. Phileas Fogg, a member of the Reform Club, was quite an eccentric gentleman who was himself and who required all those...
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Mr. Francis decided to rescue the widow. Sir Francis Cromarty, a corpsman, was traveling across India by elephant with Phileas Fogg and Passepartout when they came upon an elaborate funeral...
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Phileas Fogg, Detective Fix, and John Bunsby, "master of the Tankadere", are headed for Shanghai from Hong Kong. Fogg, who has missed the Carnatic, the ship on which he was originally supposed to...
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Passepartout acts as a dramatic foil for Phileas Fogg. A dramatic foil is a character who is in direct contrast with the main character so as to magnify certain traits in the main character. For...
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You've come to the right place for help. Since you think you've lost your book, you might want download and print it from one of the three sites listed below. The book in no longer under copyright,...
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I can't give you the page number, but I can tell you that the first mention of Aouda occurs in chapter 12. However, we don't learn her name until chapter 13, when Phileas Fogg and Passepartout...
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Tell them how visionary Verne was. Grisham may be entertaining, but has he foreseen the future? I remember seeing a Discovery Channel show on that very thing. Even the UN has noted Verne's ability...
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"Modern physics, applied to a practical situation, saves the day." Technology was fascinating to the 19C, especially after the display of it at Prince Albert's glass museum during the...
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The law you are looking for here is Newton's third law, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The higher the speed of the train, the less pressure it exerts at any one portion...
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The most basic conflict is between Phileas Fogg and the world: can he go around the world in 80 days? Closely related to that are Fogg's clashes with Fix, a private detective who thinks Fogg is a...
