Phineas Fogg, the lead character in Jules Verne's book, "Around the World in 80 Days" thinks he has lost the bet when he arrives back in London. This is because although the trip took 81 days, crossing the international date line actually gave him one day back, allowing him to finish in just under the allotted time.
This Phineas who was the only one anyone had ever heard of before Phineas and Ferb was the hero of a book called Around the World in 80 Days. In the book he was given 80 days to travel around the world and get back to London England.
If you are referring to the 1873 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days, it was the main fictional character Phileas Fogg and his manservant Passepartout who completed this journey.
Phileas Fogg is the lead character in Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days'. Mr. Fogg enters into a wager that he can a journey around the world in 80 days or less beginning and ending at his gentleman's club in London. He travels by foot, rail, steamship, balloon, horseback, and several other methods. To receive a complete list, you will have to read the book. I read it over 40 years ago and still remember it fondly. For those not familiar with Jules Verne, you are missing out on a well rounded childhood (never too late to complete that task).
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Phileas Fogg (FIHL-ee-uhs), an English gentleman living in London. A tall, well-built man about forty years old, with light brown hair and a beard, he lives a quiet life of great regularity. Being independently wealthy, he spends most of his day at the Reform Club reading, taking his meals, and playing whist. Apparently having lived a life of travel and adventure some years earlier, he is a man of honor and integrity. Challenged by his whist partners to prove his contention that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days.
Phileas Fogg
Phileas Fogg and Passepartout took 6 days to travel from Calcutta to Hong Kong in the novel "Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne.
The lead character Phineas Fogg ( actually Verne originally styled him Phileas Fogg, but the Barnum--like Phineas won out , in popularity, his aide Passepartout- which means ( Gets all around) in French and is also a slang term for a master key. the story has a gambling subplot which works against it.
Phileas Fogg is the main character in the 1873 Jules Verne novel Around the World in Eighty Days.
Phileas Fogg is a fictional character from Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days." Fogg is a wealthy and precise Englishman who bets that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. Throughout the novel, he faces various challenges and adventures as he races against time to win the bet.
Phileas Fogg first met Jean Passepartout at a Reform Club in London. Passepartout became Fogg's new valet after his previous one resigned unexpectedly. Their meeting marked the beginning of their journey around the world in "Around the World in Eighty Days."
Phileas Fogg and his man servant Passepartout
Phileas Fogg the avid adventurer was born in 1873 when his character was put to paper by Jules Vern. Fogg was the lead character in the story 'Around the World in 80 days.
It took Phileas Fogg 80 days to go around the world in Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days."
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No, Phileas Fogg is a fictional character created by Jules Verne for his novel "Around the World in Eighty Days." The character is not based on a real person.