Verne's most outrageous "voyage extraordinaire" a hasty world tour taken up on a gentleman's club wager Mr. Phileas Fogg, master of precision, enters into the strangest wager ever made over the whist table that he will circle the globe in 80 days. The news astounds Jean Passepartout, sometime wandering minstrel, bareback rider, funambulist, gymnast, and fireman, now turned valet to Mr. Fogg in the expectancy of a quiet and well-regulated life. For the next 80 days, their lives are anything but quiet or well-regulated. This novel is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love. "