![]() ![]() Passepartout er på sin side begejstret for at tjene en rolig og systematisk herre som Fogg. Tjeneren er et nyt bekendtskab for den anden oktober om morgenen afskedigede han sin tjener, James Forster, fordi denne havde bragt ham barbervand, der holdt 80 Gr. En excentrisk, men elskværdig og rig engelsk gentleman med en vældig kapabel og gesvindt fransk tjener Jean med tilnavnet Passepartout. London, 1872Huset, Saville Row nr 7, Burlington Gardens, beboes af Phileas Fogg, esq. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experienceĮnriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work An outline of key themes and plot points to guide the reader's own interpretations A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context A chronology of the author's life and work A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information The wild adventures of Phileas Fogg and Passepartout as they race across continents and oceans have entertained readers since the book's first publication in 1873. The two are followed all the while by Detective Fix of the London Police, who is convinced that Fogg is the man suspected in a robbery of the Bank of England that occurred shortly before the start of this curious journey. Accompanied by his emotional French manservant, Passepartout, Fogg travels east from London, making stops in Suez, Bombay, Hong Kong, San Francisco, and New York, traveling by rail, steamship, elephant, sailboat, and sledge. With £20,000 on the line, every hour is crucial. Upon making a bet with his colleagues at the Reform Club, the otherwise mechanically predictable Phileas Fogg sets off on a race to travel around the world in no more than eighty days. After making an audacious wager, the wealthy and eccentric Phileas Fogg attempts a seemingly impossible feat-to circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. ![]()
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