Can a man really travel around the entire world in just eighty days?

It is the year 1872. In London, Mr. Phileas Fogg lives a very quiet, very exact life—doing the exact same things at the exact same minute every single day. When his new French servant, Passepartout, takes the job, he thinks he is finally getting the quiet life he wants. He could not be more wrong.

After an argument over a newspaper article at the Reform Club, Mr. Fogg bets twenty thousand pounds—half of everything he owns—that he can travel around the world in eighty days or less. With just a small bag and a fortune in banknotes, Fogg and Passepartout set off on the 8:45 train. Across steaming jungles in India, stormy seas off Hong Kong, a circus in Japan, and the snowy plains of America, they race against the clock—all while being hunted by Detective Fix, who is convinced that Phileas Fogg is a fleeing bank robber.

About This Episode:

• Story: Around the World in 80 Days (Based on the classic novel by Jules Verne)
• Adapted & Narrated by: Danny Ballan
• Level: Elementary (A1–A2)
• Format: Complete 13-Chapter Audio Story

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• Pre-reading and post-reading discussion questions
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• 20 whole-story review questions to test your overall understanding

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