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1872 The French newspaper Le Tan informed its readers that a certain Mr. Phileas Fogg made a bet: he would travel around the globe in 80 days. The popular writer Jules Verne kindly agreed to cover his adventures. And the circulation of the newspaper began to grow from issue to issue.

Jules Verne

The impetus for writing the book was the rapid and merciless progress. In 1869, the construction of the Pacific Transcontinental Railway was completed (it connected the eastern and western coasts of the United States), the Suez Canal was opened (the route from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean), in 1870 the railways of India were connected into a single network, and in 1871 The Frejus tunnel (aka Mont Cenis) was built through the Alps. Now everything is possible.

Jules Verne was not the first. Before him, Edmond Ploshko published a travel essay "Around the World in 120 Days" (1871), and before that Vivien de Saint-Martin wrote an article about a possible trip in 80 days. Jules Verne was not the first. He just became the best.

This was not any hoax. On December 22, the newspaper announced that Mr. Fogg had won the bet. For those who wanted to believe in the reality of the famous Englishman, no one forbade them to do so. Jules Verne and the scribbled maps knew how this difficult journey had gone. At the writing desk.

And then there was a telegram. 17 years later, in 1889. For the famous science fiction writer. A certain Bly argues with Mr. Fogg himself. True, it starts from New York. And he will also make a detour to Amiens to shake hands with the writer.

It is not known who has twisted his soul - Jules Verne or the chroniclers - but there is a legend that the author of the Sensational One was expecting to see a brutal adventurer. But the science fiction writer must have read the newspapers: Nellie Bly, a fragile girl and a scandalous journalist, ventured out on a trip around the world.

Around the world - record

From the luggage with Elizabeth Cochrane (the real name of the girl) was only a valise, two blankets and a checkbook from the Bank of England - then their checks were accepted for payment in any part of the world. No change of dress, no umbrella or extra shoes. Lack of proficiency in any language other than English. On the way, she refused to get married three times, and her main obstacle was waiting for steamers and train delays.

Nly Bligh

In the meantime, the biggest bets were being made on this horse. Several publications launched their travelers, competitors tried to remove Nelly from the distance, sensations and scandalous revelations were published. But the record was still set: after 72 days, 6 hours 10 minutes and 11 seconds, the journalist returned to New York to the applause of a crowd of 7,000. She spent exactly 58 days on the "ride" itself.

And the newspaper "The World" spent eight thousand dollars on the adventure itself with an extreme race, where five thousand were Miss Bly's fee. The idea paid off in full: unprecedented circulations, reprints, numerous reprints and 800 thousand numbers for the lottery participants. The winner, who named the closest real-time result, won a paid trip to Europe and $ 500 for souvenirs.

During the life of Jules Verne, the novel Around the World in 80 Days became the author's best-selling work. According to the plot, performances were staged, the idea was imitated by other writers, adventurers attributed to themselves Fogg's exploits. But the embodiment of such an example in life much more worried the minds of not only travelers, but also the ordinary public. In 1993, the challenge "Jules Verne Prize" appeared - for the fastest round-the-world voyage made under sail and without assistance. In 2012, the winner was the crew of the trimaran Banque Populaire, who spent 45 days 13 hours 42 minutes and 53 seconds on the ferry.

Travel around the Earth continues for a while today. They were carried out on foot, on a bicycle, on a motorcycle, on a horse ... Possible and impossible obstacles and conditions were overcome. They try to make an international journalistic sensation out of each "race".

But from all this heroic madness, only one thing is clear: there can be no question of any sightseeing. All you will remember is the incessant race, the nerves of being late and not the most comfortable conditions. And next year, some enthusiast will delete your name from the charts around the world. Therefore, I just want to ask: gentlemen, do you need it?

"Around the light in seventy days" (fr. Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours ) - popular adventure novel French writer Jules Verne, narrating the journey of an eccentric and phlegmatic Englishman Phileas Fogg and his French servant Jean Passepartout around the world, taken as a result of one bet.

Plot

Path

Path	Way	Duration
London - Suez	A train and packet boat	7 days
Suez - Bombay	Packet boat	13 days
Bombay - Calcutta	Train and elephant	3 days
Kolkata - Hong Kong	Packet boat	13 days
Hong Kong - Yokohama		6 days
Yokohama - San Francisco		22 days
San Francisco - New York	Train and sleigh	7 days
New York - London	Packet boat and train	9 days
Outcome		80 days

Illustrations by Neville and Benett

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Phileas Fogg's Travel Map

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Book cover

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Phileas Fogg

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Jean Passepartout

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Passepartout in Suez

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All dismantled

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Unplanned purchase

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Traveling on new vehicles

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Indian captive

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Rescuing Miss Auda

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Farewell to Passepartout with an elephant

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In the smoking room

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Fix arrests Fogg

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Fogg enters the club at the head of the crowd

Characters (edit)

The main

Phileas Fogg (fr. Phileas Fogg) - Englishman, pedant, a bachelor, a wealthy person. Accustomed to living by his rules and does not tolerate the slightest violation of them (this is proved by the fact that Fogg fired his former servant, James Forster, for bringing him shaving water, heated 2 ° F lower than it should be). He knows how to keep his word: he bet 20 thousand pounds that he would travel around the world in 80 days, spent 19 thousand at the same time and was exposed to many dangers, but still he kept his word and won the bet.
Jean Passepartout (fr. Jean Passepartout) - French, valet Phileas Fogg after James Forster. Born in Paris. I have tried the most unusual professions (from a gymnastics teacher to a firefighter). Learning that "Mr. Phileas Fogg is the neat man and the biggest couch potato in the United Kingdom," he came to his office.
Fix (fr. Fix) - detective; throughout the book he chased Phileas Fogg around the globe, considering him a thief who robbed the Bank of England.
Auda (fr. Aouda) - wife Indian rajah, which after his death was to die at the stake along with the ashes of her husband. Audu was saved by Phileas Fogg; she became his companion all the way to England, where Fogg and Aouda were married.

Minor

Andrew Stewart (fr. Andrew Stuart), John Sullivan (fr. John Sullivan), Samuel Fallentin (fr. Samuel fallentin), Thomas Flanagan (fr. Thomas flanagan) and Gauthier Ralph (fr. Gauthier Ralph) - members of the Reform Club, playing whist, arguing with Fogg that he would not be able to travel around the world in 80 days.
Andrew Speedy (fr. Andrew Speedy) - the captain of the ship "Henrietta", who became one of the most serious obstacles on the way of Fogg from the USA to England: he planned to go to Bordeaux, to France.

State of the art

Unusually popular during the life of the author, the novel still serves to create numerous film adaptations, and the image of Phileas Fogg became the embodiment of English equanimity and perseverance in achieving the goal.

Screen adaptations

In cinematography

In animation

1972 - 80 days around the world(Australia)
1976 - Puss in Boots World Tour(Japan)
1983 - Around the World with Willie Fogh(Spain-Japan) Animated series

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“She's the one,” a rough woman’s voice was heard in response, and after that Marya Dmitrievna entered the room.
All the young ladies and even the ladies, except for the oldest, stood up. Marya Dmitrievna stopped in the doorway and, from the height of her corpulent body, holding her fifty-year-old head high with gray curls, looked at the guests and, as if rolling up, unhurriedly straightened the wide sleeves of her dress. Marya Dmitrievna always spoke Russian.
“Dear birthday girl with the children,” she said in her loud, thick voice overwhelming all other sounds. “What are you, an old sinner,” she turned to the count, who was kissing her hand, “tea, do you miss Moscow? Nowhere to chase the dogs? But what, father, to do, this is how these birds grow up ... - She pointed to the girls. - If you want or not, you have to look for suitors.
- Well, what, my Cossack? (Marya Dmitrievna called Natasha a Cossack) - she said, caressing Natasha with her hand, who approached her hand without fear and cheerfully. - I know that the potion is a girl, but I love it.
She took out yacht earrings with pears from a huge reticule and, giving them to Natasha, who was shining and blushing for her birthday, immediately turned away from her and turned to Pierre.
- Eh, eh! kind! come here, ”she said in a feigned low and thin voice. - Come on, my dear ...
And she ominously rolled up her sleeves even higher.
Pierre approached, looking at her innocently through his glasses.
- Come, come, dear! I told your father the truth alone, when he was in the case, and then God commands you.
She paused. All were silent, expecting what would happen, and feeling that there was only a preface.
- Good, there is nothing to say! good boy! ... The father lies on the bed, and he amuses himself, puts the quarterly on the bear on horseback. Ashamed, father, ashamed! It would be better if he went to war.
She turned away and held out her hand to the count, who could hardly refrain from laughing.
- Well, well, to the table, I have tea, is it time? - said Marya Dmitrievna.
The count went ahead with Marya Dmitrievna; then the countess, who was led by the hussar colonel, the right person with whom Nikolai had to catch up with the regiment. Anna Mikhailovna - with Shinshin. Berg gave his hand to Vera. Smiling Julie Karagina went with Nikolai to the table. Other couples followed, stretching across the hall, and behind them all, one by one, children, tutors and governesses. The waiters stirred, the chairs rattled, music played in the choir, and the guests settled down. The sounds of the earl's home music were replaced by the sounds of knives and forks, the guests talking, the quiet steps of the waiters.
The Countess sat at one end of the table. On the right is Marya Dmitrievna, on the left is Anna Mikhailovna and other guests. At the other end sat the count, on the left a hussar colonel, on the right Shinshin and other male guests. On one side of the long table there are older youth: Vera next to Berg, Pierre next to Boris; on the other hand, children, tutors and governesses. From behind the crystals, bottles and fruit bowls, the count looked at his wife and her high cap with blue ribbons and diligently poured wine to his neighbors, not forgetting himself. The Countess also, because of the pineapples, not forgetting the duties of the hostess, threw significant glances at her husband, whose bald head and face, it seemed to her, with their redness were more sharply different from the gray hair. There was an even babbling on the ladies' end; on the men's one, voices were heard louder and louder, especially the hussar colonel, who ate and drank so much, blushing more and more that the count was already setting him up as an example to other guests. Berg spoke with Vera with a gentle smile that love is not an earthly feeling, but a heavenly one. Boris called his new friend Pierre the guests at the table and exchanged glances with Natasha, who was sitting opposite him. Pierre spoke little, looked around at new faces and ate a lot. Starting from two soups, of which he chose a la tortue, [tortoiseshell,] and kulebyaki, and to hazel grouses, he did not miss a single dish or a single wine, which the butler mysteriously poked out of a neighbor's shoulder in a bottle wrapped in a napkin, saying or “dray Madeira, or Hungarian, or Rhine. He substituted the first of the four crystal glasses with a count's monogram standing in front of each device, and drank with pleasure, looking at the guests with more and more pleasant air. Natasha, who was sitting opposite him, looked at Boris as girls of thirteen years old look at the boy with whom they had just kissed for the first time and with whom they are in love. This very gaze of her sometimes turned to Pierre, and under the gaze of this funny, lively girl he wanted to laugh himself, not knowing why.
Nikolay was sitting far from Sonya, next to Julie Karagina, and again with the same involuntary smile he was talking to her. Sonya smiled ceremoniously, but, apparently, was tormented by jealousy: she turned pale, then blushed, and with all her might listened to what Nikolai and Julie were saying among themselves. The governess looked around uneasily, as if preparing for a rebuff, if anyone had thought to offend the children. The German governor tried to memorize all kinds of food, desserts and wines in order to describe everything in detail in a letter to his family in Germany, and was very offended that the butler, with a bottle wrapped in a napkin, carried him around. The German frowned, tried to pretend that he did not want to get this wine, but was offended because no one wanted to understand that he needed wine not to quench his thirst, not out of greed, but out of conscientious curiosity.

At the male end of the table, the conversation grew more and more lively. The colonel said that the manifesto on the declaration of war had already been published in St. Petersburg and that the copy he had seen himself had now been delivered by courier to the commander-in-chief.
- And why is it difficult for us to fight Bonaparte? - said Shinshin. - II a deja rabattu le caquet a l "Autriche. Je crains, que cette fois ce ne soit notre tour. [He has already knocked down arrogance from Austria. I'm afraid our turn would not have come now.]
The colonel was a stout, tall and sanguine German, evidently a campaigner and a patriot. He was offended by Shinshin's words.
“And then m, we are a lousy sovereign,” he said, pronouncing e instead of e and b instead of b. - Zatam that the emperor knows this. "Unions", as if this was the whole essence of the matter.
And with his characteristic infallible, official memory, he repeated the opening words of the manifesto ... “and the desire, the only and indispensable goal of the sovereign, is to establish peace in Europe on solid foundations - he decided to move now part of the army abroad and make new efforts to achieve this intention. “.

And the famous novel by Jules Verne in the Hollywood version is as far from the original as possible. I wonder what the producers thought when they decided to make Passepartout the protagonist, giving the role of Jackie Chan, and why the hell was they shoved into Schwarzenegger's film as a lute player? However, it will still be.

The film begins with a robbery of the Bank of England by an unknown Chinese man (who later turns out to be Lao Shing). To escape the police, he hires under the name Passepartout as a servant to Phileas Fogg, a young scientist trying to break the 50 mph speed barrier. After a successful experiment, they are sent to the Royal Academy of Sciences, but Fogg is ridiculed by the "best minds" of Britain, especially the pompous Lord Kelvin, who believes that further progress is nonsense, since everything standing is already open. At the same meeting, a robbery is also mentioned. In a rage, Fogg claims that he is glad that the bank was robbed and that the thief will most likely reach China in just a month, which his servant becomes very interested in. Kelvin convinces Fogg to bet that Fogg can travel the entire world in 80 days. If Fogg wins, he will become Minister of Science to replace Lord Kelvin; if he loses, he will be obliged to destroy his laboratory and permanently retire from scientific activities.

Although Fogg regrets his temper and rash bet upon returning home, Passepartout convinces him that Fogg can do it. Taking a carriage, they prepare to leave London, barely escaping from Inspector Fix, hired by Lord Kelvin to stop Fogg.

They travel to Paris, where Passepartout has to flee from the servants of General Fen, who wants to return what he stole from the bank - the Jade Buddha. She gave the Buddha to Kelvin in exchange for military aid, since she wants to capture Lanzhou, Lao Shin's home village. Pretending to take Fogg to the Thomas Edison convention, Passepartout takes him to an art school, where Phileas meets Monique, the future impressionist. Although Fogg initially argues with her about the impossibility of her paintings, one of them impresses him - a man with wings. Fogg had always dreamed of building a machine that would allow humans to fly. Passepartout arrives after a battle with Fen's soldiers and tells the owner that they are late. Together with Monique, they leave in a hot air balloon.

Upon arrival in Turkey, they are met by Prince Hapi himself. They spend several hours in the prince's pool, but then the prince orders Monique to stay with him as his seventh wife. Fogg and Passepartout threaten to smash Prince Hapy's favorite artwork - a parody of Rodin's "Thinker" statue that looks like Hapy. Although the statue is shattered anyway, all three manage to escape.

Lord Kelvin, hearing about all this and about the theft of his Jade Buddha, learns that Fogg inadvertently became an accomplice in the escape of the thief. Using this as another pretext to detain Phileas, he orders British troops in India to arrest both men.

In India, Passepartout learns of the arrest warrant and warns his companions. Disguised as women, all three manage to escape from the police, but not from Fen's agents. Using Inspector Fix and a sextant as a weapon, Phileas and Passepartout manage to defeat their enemies and escape to China.

Familiar with the area, Passepartout takes his friends to Lanzhou. After spending several days there, Phileas finally learns that Passepartout is actually Lao Shing, a local warrior. He also learns that Fen's troops, the Black Scorpions, are part of the struggle centered around the Jade Buddha. Fogg is very disappointed in her friends, as Monique has known this for a long time.

The village is later attacked by Black Scorpions. Phileas, Monique, and Lao Shing are captured. The next morning, Lao Shing challenges the young leader of the Scorpio group to a duel. He fights himself, but is defeated. Then the "Ten Cantonese Tigers" come to his aid (as the 10 best kung fu masters in this city were called in China in the 19th century), one of which he is. The "Tigers", although there are much fewer of them, overpower the Scorpions and drive them out of Lanzhou. The Jade Buddha returns to his place of honor in the village temple.

Frustrated, Phileas decides to continue his journey alone. He travels to San Francisco, where a simple-minded scientist falls prey to deception and loses all his money. He is discovered by Lao Shing and Monique.

In the desert, they meet with the Wright brothers, and the three scientists discuss their aircraft. Looking at the plans for the car, Phileas declared them genius and suggested a couple of small changes.

Lao Shing, Monique and Phileas then head to New York, where they are inadvertently blocked by a cheering crowd, betting that Phileas will win the bet. Then the policeman asked them to “cut the corner,” but led them into a trap where Fen herself and her men were waiting for the travelers.

This is followed by a major battle between the three friends and Fen's men in the workshop where the Statue of Liberty is being built. Lao Shing uses his warrior skills while others are just lucky. At the end of the battle, the friends triumph, but the ship sails to England without them. Although Fogg had a chance to board the ship, he decided to stay behind to help Lao Shing.

Phileas, feeling that he has lost, considers it useless to board the next ship, but still does not refuse. This old ship belongs to a sailor who lost both nipples during a shark attack. Phileas convinced the captain to build an airplane out of ship planks in exchange for a new ship and a nipple sewing operation.

The crew of the ship manages to quickly build an aircraft according to the schemes of the Wright brothers. They soon reach London. Because of the car that began to fall apart right in the air, they have to make an emergency landing right in front of the Royal Academy. Lord Kelvin sends London police to intercept, as the bet requires Fogg to reach the top step of the Academy before Big Ben hits noon.

Lord Kelvin proclaims himself the winner, but some people, including Monique, Fix and other ministers, begin to claim that Kelvin used dishonest methods to achieve his goal, but Kelvin doesn't care. By answering them, he irreparably insults the Queen of England, who stands behind him. Her Majesty orders the arrest of Kelvin.

The Queen also tells Phileas Fogg that he did not lose: in fact, they still have one more day thanks to the fact that they crossed the date line. Phileas and Monique climb the steps of the Academy and triumph.

where the mutual agreement is concluded, according to which Passepartout enters the service of Phileas Fogg

At number seven, Savile Row, Burlington Gardens, the same house where Sheridan died in 1814, Phileas Fogg, Esq. Lived in 1872; although this man did his best not to draw attention to himself, he was known as one of the most original and notable members of the London Reform Club.

Thus, one of the most famous orators who adorned England with his talent was replaced by the aforementioned Phileas Fogg, a mysterious man, about whom it was only known that he belonged to the highest English society, was well-educated and unusually handsome.

They said that he looked like Byron (but only in face; both legs were healthy), but that was Byron, who wore a mustache and sideburns, Byron impassive, who could live without aging for a thousand years.

Phileas Fogg was undoubtedly English, but in all likelihood he was not a native of London. He was never seen on the stock exchange, or in the bank, or in any of the City offices. Neither the quays nor the docks of London have ever received a ship that belonged to the shipowner Phileas Fogg. This gentleman's name did not appear on the lists of members of any government committee. It also did not appear in the bar association, nor in the corporations of lawyers - one of the "inns" - Temple, Lincoln or Gray. He never spoke at the Chancellor's Court, at the Court of the Queen's Bench, at the Chess Chamber, or at the Church Court. He was neither an industrialist, nor a merchant, nor a merchant, nor a landowner. He had nothing to do with the British Royal Society, nor the London Institute, nor the Institute of Applied Arts, nor the Russell Institute, nor the Institute of Western Literatures, nor the Institute of Law, nor finally, to the "Institute of Arts and Sciences", which is under the high patronage of Her Majesty the Queen. He also did not belong to any of those numerous societies that are so widespread in the capital of England, from the Musical to the Entomological Society, founded mainly for the extermination of harmful insects.

Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform Club and nothing more.

Anyone who wonders how this mysterious gentleman came to be a member of such a venerable association should answer: "He was elected on the recommendation of the Baring brothers, who have a checking account for him." This circumstance and the fact that his checks were promptly and promptly paid gave him weight in society.

Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But how did he make his fortune? Even the most knowledgeable people could not answer this question, and Mr. Fogg was the last one to whom it would be appropriate to turn for such information. He was not distinguished by wastefulness, but in any case he was not stingy, for when money was needed to carry out any noble, magnanimous or useful deed, he, silently and usually hiding his name, came to the rescue.

In a word, it was difficult to imagine a less sociable person. He spoke just as much as was necessary, and the more silent he was, the more mysterious he seemed. And yet his life passed in full view; but he did the same thing day after day with such mathematical precision that his unsatisfied imagination inevitably sought food for itself beyond the bounds of this visible life.

Has he traveled? Quite possibly, for no one knew the map of the globe better than he did. There was no point, even a very distant one, about which he did not have the most accurate information. More than once he succeeded, with the help of a few short but clear remarks, to resolve the endless disputes that were waged in the club about the missing or lost travelers. He indicated the most likely outcome of the case, and the development of subsequent events invariably confirmed his assumptions, as if Phileas Fogg was gifted with the ability of clairvoyance. It seemed that this man had time to visit everywhere, at least mentally.

And yet it was reliably known that Phileas Fogg had not left London for many years. Those who had the honor to know him a little closer, argued that he can only be met on the way from home to the club or back, and nowhere else. Phileas Fogg's pastime at the club was limited to reading newspapers and playing whist. He often won in this tacit, so close to his nature game, but the winnings never remained in his wallet, but constituted a significant share in his donations to charitable causes. It is pertinent to note that Mr. Fogg did not play to win at all. The game for him was a competition, a struggle with difficulties, but a struggle that did not require movement or change of place, and therefore was not tiring. And this corresponded to his character.

As far as is known, Phileas Fogg was single and childless - which happens to even the most respectable people - and had no family or friends - which is truly rare already. He lived alone in his house on Savile Row, where no one entered. His personal life has never been a subject of discussion. Only one person served him. He ate breakfast and dinner at the club at precisely set hours, always in the same room and at the same table, without treating his partners in the game and not inviting anyone from outside. Exactly at midnight he returned home, never spending the night in the fine comfortable rooms that the Reform Club provided to its members for this purpose. Of twenty-four hours, ten he spent at home - either in bed or at the toilet. If Phileas Fogg walked, he invariably paced with his even steps the reception hall of the club, lined with mosaic parquet, or paced the circular gallery crowned with a dome of blue glass, resting on twenty Ionic columns of red porphyry. Kitchens, pantries, canteens, fish pans and dairy clubs provided him with the best provisions for breakfast and dinner; the club footmen - silent, solemn figures in black dress coats and felt-soled shoes - served him, serving food in special china; the table was covered with delicious Saxon linen, set with antique crystal intended for sherry, port or claret infused with cinnamon and cloves; and, finally, ice was served to the table - the pride of the club - which gave a pleasant freshness to these drinks: it was delivered to London at great expense directly from the American lakes.