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Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateAdventure37 chapters≈ 9 hrs reading

A brisk B2 adventure — a race around the globe in short, fast chapters, with translation a tap away.

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About this book

A wager, a clock, and the whole world

Eccentric English gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers his fortune on circumnavigating the globe in just eighty days, racing through steamships, elephants, trains, and disasters with his loyal valet Passepartout.

“The unforeseen does not exist.”Phileas Fogg · Around the World in Eighty Days

The chapters are short and the pace never slackens, which makes this one of the easiest classics to keep reading at B2. The clear, forward-driving narration means you’re always meeting useful, everyday travel vocabulary in context.

For learners

Why this book is great for learning English

01

Fast and short-chaptered

Thirty-seven brisk chapters and a ticking clock make it genuinely hard to put down — ideal momentum for a B2 reader.

02

Everyday travel vocabulary

Trains, ports, money and timetables recur throughout — practical, high-frequency English you can use.

03

Clear, forward narration

Verne keeps the prose direct and the plot in plain view, so comprehension stays high.

What's inside

Contents

37 chapters in all, in the complete original text.

01Chapter I — IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND PASSEPARTOUT ACCEPT EACH OTHER, THE ONE AS MASTER, THE OTHER AS MAN
02Chapter II — IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS CONVINCED THAT HE HAS AT LAST FOUND HIS IDEAL
03Chapter III — IN WHICH A CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO COST PHILEAS FOGG DEAR
04Chapter IV — IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG ASTOUNDS PASSEPARTOUT, HIS SERVANT
05Chapter V — IN WHICH A NEW SPECIES OF FUNDS, UNKNOWN TO THE MONEYED MEN, APPEARS ON ’CHANGE
06Chapter VI — IN WHICH FIX, THE DETECTIVE, BETRAYS A VERY NATURAL IMPATIENCE
07Chapter VII — WHICH ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATES THE USELESSNESS OF PASSPORTS AS AIDS TO DETECTIVES
08Chapter VIII — IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT TALKS RATHER MORE, PERHAPS, THAN IS PRUDENT
09Chapter IX — IN WHICH THE RED SEA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN PROVE PROPITIOUS TO THE DESIGNS OF PHILEAS FOGG
10Chapter X — IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET OFF WITH THE LOSS OF HIS SHOES
11Chapter XI — IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG SECURES A CURIOUS MEANS OF CONVEYANCE AT A FABULOUS PRICE
12Chapter XII — IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG AND HIS COMPANIONS VENTURE ACROSS THE INDIAN FORESTS, AND WHAT ENSUED

About the author

JV

Jules Verne

French · 1828–1905

Jules Verne practically invented the modern adventure novel. Around the World in Eighty Days was a sensation on its serial release in 1872, its race-against-time structure copied ever since.

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We grade it B2 (upper-intermediate). Short chapters, a clear plot and everyday vocabulary make it one of the most approachable books in the library.
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About nine hours across thirty-seven short, fast chapters.
It's the complete original text, exactly as Verne wrote it — nothing rewritten or cut. The built-in translation, saved vocabulary and audio narration are what carry you through the original prose.

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