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Philida Fogg was living a very humdrum life in London, balancing accounting by day and playing cards by night. Then one day in 1872, she was jolted out of her groove when her maid quit her job and told her that she was leaving because Philida was so boring.
Stung by the comment, enforced by her friends, Philida accepted a challenge to go right around the world in 80 days, and wagered half her fortune on her success.
Accompanied by her newly hired valet, PassePartout—who was expecting a quiet life but instead gets the surprise of a lifetime—they set off to circumnavigate the globe with only Bradshaw’s book of transport timetables to guide them.
Prepare to join our cast on a journey like never before on: trains, steamships, an elephant, and even the first-ever sail-powered sledge! Along the way, Miss Fogg meets the most versatile characters: sweet Miss Naidu, who teaches her about local habits in India; Consuls, Judges, stubborn Nellie, who doesn’t like to be pulled around; and dear Mrs. Aouda, who would rather not burn in a suttee. All the while, they are pursued by the relentless Inspector Fix, determined to stop them at any cost, whether by wit or sheer stubbornness.
Will Philida’s daring gamble cost her everything, or will she defy the odds and claim victory?
Join us on this thrilling adventure and find out!
Interesting Tidbits of Information
A valet is like a personal helper, making sure their boss has everything they need: clothes luggage... PassePartout is Fogg’s valet, but he gets much more than he signed up for!
pépère: French for grandfather
livelier corpses in an undertakers: PassePartout thinks Fogg is so serious and still that even people in a funeral home seem more lively than him! It’s a funny way of saying Fogg doesn’t show much emotion.
The Reform Club, established in 1836 in London, is a prestigious private members' club known for its rich history and intellectual atmosphere—although, back in the day, it was famously "men's only." But in our ideal world, gender exclusions are a thing of the past. Philida Fogg, our daring leading lady, strides in confidently to place her life-changing wager, proving once and for all that adventure has no gender!
Bradshaw guide: A famous travel guide and timetable for trains in the 19th century. It was like the Google Maps of its time, helping travelers find train schedules, routes, and connections across Britain and Europe.
£20.000 would be worth almost three million pounds today (€ 3.430.460) - It was enough to buy several houses or run a big business. Fifty-five thousand pounds = € 9.433.612
Suttee: An old custom in India where a widow was expected to burn herself to death on her husband’s funeral fire. It was based on the belief that a wife should follow her husband into the afterlife. This practice was outlawed by the British in India in the 1800s, but it still appears in stories set in that time,
Opium is a drug made from a special kind of poppy plant. In the 1800s, it was used as medicine, but it was also addictive and caused serious problems, especially in China. PassePartout is tricked into smoking opium, which makes him lose track of time and almost miss the ship to Japan.
A berth is a sleeping spot on a ship, train, or bus where you can rest during travel.
Smarty-pants or smarty boots are reminders of a time when the word smarty was used to mean a know-it-all or someone who is too smart for his own good or overconfident. This definition of smarty dates back to the 1860s. The terms smarty-pants and smarty-boots however date to the 1920s-1930s, that is long after Around the world in 80 days was first published in 1872 by Jules Vernes.
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