Around the world in 80 days

Author: John Verne Translation: Leila Al-Ra'i Publisher: Dar Al-Shurooq Publication date: 2020 About the book: Félix Fogg; an English gentleman who bet his club members that he would travel around the world in eighty days. He quickly set out on the journey accompanied by his Parisian servant Jean, called Passepartout. And in order to win the bet, he must return to London on a Saturday, December 21, 1872, at 8:45 PM. Because Félix Fogg is suspected of being the daring thief of the Bank of England; he will be followed throughout his travels by Inspector Fix, who could not stop him; because the arrest warrant always arrived a day late. The countries Félix Fogg passed through, the many adventures, the tricks he resorted to in order to overcome obstacles, and the high activity to fight against time without losing his English composure, along with Passepartout's personality and the stubborn Fix, make "80 Days Around the World" a wonderful novel, indeed one of the best novels of the French writer Jules Verne, whose enormous success has never waned since it appeared in 1873.