Round the World in Eighty Days

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Round the World in Eighty Days, by Jules VerneThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Round the World in Eighty DaysAuthor: Jules VerneTranslator: Henry FrithRelease Date: June 25, 2010 [EBook #32972]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS ***Produced by Alex KirstukasTranscriber's Note: Round the World in Eighty Days (London: Routledge, 1878) was the third English translation ofJules Verne's Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours to be published. It has since been greatly overshadowed bythe 1873 version by George Makepeace Towle (available on Project Gutenberg as EText-No. 103). This text versionof Frith's translation was transcribed from a Google Books scan of an 1879 edition published in London by GeorgeRoutledge and Sons. The text and images used were generously made available by the Internet Archive. All of Frith'sderivations from Verne's text have been retained, including such unusual spellings as "Passe-partout" for"Passepartout" and "Maudiboy" for "Mandiboy," but obvious typographical errors have been corrected.ROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYSBy Jules VerneTranslated by Henry FrithCHAPTER I.In which Phileas Fogg and Passe-partout accept, relatively, the ...