Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Around the World in Eighty Days / Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours by Jules Verne. First Published 1873 (illustration from 1892 edition by Leon Benett). Caption reads: 'Pirate, cried Andrew Speedy. (captain of the boat) '. Chapter XXXIII: In which Phileas Fogg shows himself equal to the occasion. JV French novelist 8 February 1828-24 March 1905. (Phileas Fogg of London and his French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager set by his friends at the Reform Club). Artist Léon Benett 1839-1917(Photo by Bridgeman via Getty Images)