In a race against time, the unflappable Phileas Fogg can’tafford to lose his cool . . .

One evening, while relaxing after dinner at his gentlemen’sclub, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions that he can travel around theentire globe in eighty daysand he is determined not to lose.

Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, thecoll-headed Englishman and his hot-blooded French manservant Passepartoutimmediately set off for Dover.

Whether travelling by train, steamship, sailingboat, sledge or even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, naturaldisasters, Sioux attacks and Inspector Fix of Scotland Yardwho believes Fogghas robbed the Bank of Englandto win this extraordinary wager.