Editing Around the World in Eighty Days (section)

==Plot==
Phileas Fogg is a wealthy English gentleman living a solitary life in London. Despite his wealth, Fogg lives modestly and carries out his habits with mathematical precision. He is a member of the [[Reform Club]], where he spends a large portion of his days and nights. On the morning of 2 October 1872, having dismissed his valet for bringing him shaving water at a temperature slightly lower than expected, Fogg hires Frenchman [[Jean Passepartout]] as a replacement.

That evening, while at the Club, Fogg gets involved in a discussion regarding an article in ''[[The Morning Chronicle]]'' (or ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' in some editions) stating that with the opening of a new [[Rail transport in India#History|railway section in India]], it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He accepts a wager for £20,000, half of his fortune, from his fellow club members to complete such a journey within this period. With Passepartout accompanying him, Fogg departs from London by train at 8:45&nbsp;p.m.; to win the wager, he must return to the club by this same time on 21 December, 80 days later. They take Fogg's remaining £20,000 with them to cover expenses during the journey.

{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:auto; margin:auto;"
|+ The itinerary (as originally planned)
| [[London]] to [[Suez]], [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egypt]] || Rail to [[Brindisi]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], via [[Turin]] and steamer (the ''Mongolia'') across the [[Mediterranean Sea]] ||{{0}}7 days
|-
| Suez to [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[British Raj|India]] || Steamer (the ''Mongolia'') across the [[Red Sea]] and the [[Indian Ocean]] || 13 days
|-
| Bombay to [[Kolkata|Calcutta]], [[British Raj|India]] || Rail || {{0}}3 days
|-
| Calcutta to [[Victoria, Hong Kong|Victoria]], [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] with a stopover in [[Singapore in the Straits Settlements|Singapore]] || Steamer (the ''Rangoon'') across the [[South China Sea]] || 13 days
|-
| Hong Kong to [[Yokohama]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] || Steamer (the ''[[SS Carnatic|Carnatic]]'') across the South China Sea, [[East China Sea]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]] || {{0}}6 days
|-
| Yokohama to [[San Francisco]], [[United States|USA]] || Steamer (the ''General Grant'') across the Pacific Ocean || 22 days
|-
| San Francisco to [[New York City]], [[United States|USA]] || Rail || {{0}}7 days
|-
| New York to London, [[England]] ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|UK]]) || Steamer (the ''China'') across the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to [[Liverpool]] and rail || {{0}}9 days
|-
| colspan="2"|'''Total''' || {{nowrap|'''80 days'''}}
|-
| colspan="3" style="font-size: 90%; text-align: center"|[[File:Around the World in Eighty Days map.png|780px|center|Map of the trip]] Map of the trip.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTLPDwAAQBAJ&q=circumnavigation+fogg+antipodes&pg=PA79-IA1|title=The Remarkable Lives of Numbers: A Mathematical Compendium from 1 to 200|first=Derrick|last=Niederman|date=20 February 2020|publisher=Prelude Books|isbn=9780715653722|via=Google Books|access-date=10 October 2020|archive-date=8 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108174100/https://books.google.com/books?id=JTLPDwAAQBAJ&q=circumnavigation+fogg+antipodes&pg=PA79-IA1|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
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Fogg and Passepartout reach Suez on time. While disembarking in Egypt, they are watched by a [[Scotland Yard]] policeman, Detective Fix, who has been dispatched from London in search of James Strand, a bank robber. Since Fogg fits the vague description Scotland Yard was given of Strand, Detective Fix mistakes Fogg for the criminal. Since he cannot secure a warrant in time, Fix boards the steamer (the ''Mongolia'') conveying the travellers to Bombay. Fix becomes acquainted with Passepartout without revealing his purpose. Fogg promises the steamer engineer a large reward if he gets them to Bombay early. They arrive in Bombay on 20 October, two days ahead of schedule, and board a train heading towards [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] that evening.

The early arrival in Bombay proves beneficial for Fogg and Passepartout, as contrary to what the newspaper article had said, an {{cvt|50|mi|km|order=flip|adj=on}} stretch of track from Kholby to [[Allahabad]] has not yet been built. Fogg purchases an elephant, hires a guide and starts toward Allahabad.

They come across a procession in which a young Indian woman, [[Aouda]], is to undergo [[Sati (practice)|sati]]. Since she is drugged with [[opium]] and [[Cannabis (drug)|hashish]] and is not going voluntarily, the travellers decide to rescue her. They follow the procession to the site, where Passepartout takes the place of her deceased husband on the funeral pyre. He rises from the pyre during the ceremony, scaring off the priests and carries Aouda away. The two days gained earlier are lost but Fogg shows no regret.

Fogg and Passepartout re-board the train at Allahabad, taking Aouda with them. When the travelers arrive in Calcutta, Fix, who had arrived ahead of them, has Fogg and Passepartout arrested for a crime Passepartout had committed in Bombay. They jump bail and board a steamer (the ''Rangoon'') going to [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], with a day's stopover in [[Singapore]]. Fix also boards the ''Rangoon''; he shows himself to Passepartout, who is delighted to again meet his friend from the earlier voyage.

In Hong Kong, the group learns Aouda's distant relative, in whose care they had been planning to leave her, has moved to [[Netherlands|Holland]], so they decide to take her with them to Europe. Still without a warrant, Fix sees Hong Kong as his last chance to arrest Fogg on British soil. Passepartout becomes convinced that Fix is a spy from the Reform Club. Fix confides in Passepartout, who does not believe a word and remains convinced that his master is not a robber. To prevent Passepartout from informing his master about the premature departure of their next vessel, the ''Carnatic'', Fix gets Passepartout drunk and drugs him in an opium den. Passepartout still manages to catch the steamer to Yokohama but cannot inform Fogg that the steamer is leaving the evening before its scheduled departure date.

Fogg discovers he missed his connection. He searches for a vessel that will take him to [[Yokohama]], finding a pilot boat, the ''Tankadere'', that takes him, Aouda, and Fix to [[Shanghai]], where they catch a steamer to Yokohama. There, they search for Passepartout, believing he arrived on the ''Carnatic'' as initially planned. They find him in a circus, trying to earn the fare for his homeward journey. Reunited, the four board a paddle-steamer, the ''General Grant'', taking them across the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] to [[San Francisco]]. Fix promises Passepartout that now, having left British soil, he will no longer try to delay Fogg's journey but instead support him in getting back to Britain, where he can arrest him.

In San Francisco, they board a [[First transcontinental railroad|transcontinental]] train to [[New York City]], encountering several obstacles along the way: a herd of [[bison]] crossing the tracks, a failing [[suspension bridge]] and a band of [[Sioux]] warriors ambushing the train. After uncoupling the locomotive from the carriages, Passepartout is kidnapped by the warriors. Fogg rescues him after American soldiers volunteer to help. They continue by a [[Land sailing|wind-powered]] [[sled]] to [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] and then get a train to New York.

In New York, having missed the ship ''China'', Fogg looks for alternative transport. He finds a steamboat, ''Henrietta'', destined for [[Bordeaux, France]]. The captain of the boat refuses to take them to Liverpool, whereupon Fogg consents to be taken to Bordeaux for $2,000 per passenger. He then bribes the crew to [[mutiny]] and makes course for Liverpool. Against hurricane winds and going on full steam, the boat runs out of fuel after a few days. When the coal runs out, Fogg buys the boat from the captain, then has the crew burn all the wooden parts to keep up the steam.

The companions arrive at [[Cobh|Queenstown (Cobh)]], Ireland, take the train to [[Dublin]] and then a ferry to [[Liverpool]], still in time to reach London before the deadline. Once on English soil, Fix arrests Fogg. A short time later, the misunderstanding is cleared up – the actual robber had been caught three days earlier in [[Edinburgh]]. As a result of the delay, Fogg misses the scheduled train to London; he orders a special train and arrives in London apparently five minutes late, certain he has lost the wager.

The following day Fogg apologises to Aouda for bringing her with him since he now has to live in poverty and cannot support her. Aouda confesses that she loves him and asks him to marry her. As Passepartout notifies a minister, he learns that he is mistaken in the date – it is not 22 December, but instead 21 December. Because the party had travelled eastward, their days were shortened by four minutes for every degree of longitude they crossed; thus, although they had experienced the same amount of time abroad as people had experienced in London, they had seen 80 sunrises and sunsets while London had seen only 79. Passepartout informs Fogg of his mistake and Fogg hurries to the Club just in time to meet his deadline and win the wager. Having spent almost £19,000 of his travel money during the journey, he divides the remainder between Passepartout and Fix and marries Aouda.