by Jules Verne (170 pgs) originally published in 1872, I read the Dover Thrift Edition published in 2000 translated from French by George Makepeace Towle.
Phileas Fogg is an odd English gentleman obsessed with punctuality. Passepartout is his new French manservant who took the job looking for a quiet position in which to enjoy the pleasures of domesticity. Together they undertake circumnavigate the globe on a wager of 20,000 pounds. The difficult task is soon complicated by the appearance of detective Fixx, who is convinced Phileas Fogg is a bank robber.
I remember trying to read this book when I was 12 or 13 and not being able to get in to it. Now that I'm a bit older, I found it an enthralling read. I became truly invested in the characters and found myself laughing at the end and agitated when some obstacle appeared to delay the journey.
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