<Tr> <Th> Preceded by </Th> <Td> The Fur Country </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> The Mysterious Island </Td> </Tr> <P> Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre - vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1873 . In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £ 20,000 wager (£ 2,075,400 in 2017) set by his friends at the Reform Club . It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works . </P> <P> The story starts in London on Tuesday, 1 October 1872 . </P>

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