Tales of the Alhambra

Around the World in Eighty Days is perhaps the best-known work by the French writer and futurist Jules Verne (1828 -1905). The novel narrates the adventures of the British gentleman Phileas Fogg and his French butler, Passepartout, as they attempt to circumnavigate the world in eighty days to win a wager with London's Reform Club. The novel was a great commercial success and helped Verne achieve worldwide recognition, and his works became synonymous with intrepid adventures, science, and futurism. Jules Verne is considered today one of the precursors of science fiction and a man ahead of his time.