The story starts in London on October 2, 1872. Phileas Fogg is a rich English gentleman and bachelor living in solitude at Number 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens. Despite his wealth, which is £40,000 (equal to £2,648,577 today), Mr Fogg, whose countenance is described as "repose in action", lives a modest life with habits carried out with mathematical precision.

Later, on that day, in the Reform Club, Fogg gets involved in an argument over an article in The Daily Telegraph, stating that with the opening of a new railway section in India, it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20,000 from his fellow club members, which he will receive if he makes it around the world in 80 days...

The guotes from this eBook:

- "It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it."

- "Until I dicover the meaning of this sentence, I will neither eat nor sleep."

- "I see that it is by no means useless to travel, if a man wants to see something new."

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