![]() ![]() Ironically, on Passepartout's first day at work, Fogg makes a bet with his friends at the Club that he can circumnavigate the world within 80 days and Passepartout is obliged to accompany him. Passepartout, who has lived an irregular and well-travelled life, is looking forward to a restful employment, as Fogg is known for his regular habits which never take him further afield than the It is also a play on the English word passport, the French equivalent passeport, and the French word partout (everywhere).Īt the beginning of the novel, Passepartout is hired by Phileas Fogg after Fogg's previous valet failed to meet his exacting standards on 2 October 1872 at twenty eight minutes past eight. His surname translates literally to "goes everywhere", but this is an idiom for 'skeleton key' in French. He is the French valet of the novel's English main character, Phileas Fogg. Passepartout is a fictional character in Jules Verne's novel ![]() ![]() Valet of Phileas Fogg, in 1872 Jules Verne novel Would be a major achievement if this was arranged to honor the 150th Hydrogen, as per the author's prediction in The Mysterious Island. Planner below is for a circumnavigation on water in under 80 days, using Ocean to Ireland, then Liverpool England, and back to London. Of the route taken by Phileas Fogg, starting in London, then proceedingĮast to Suez, Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yokohama, San Francisco, New ![]()
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