Read and listen to Around the World in Eighty Days
About the book
"Around the World in Eighty Days" by Jules Verne is an adventure novel published in 1872. When London gentleman Phileas Fogg wagers half his fortune that he can circle the globe in eighty days, he embarks on a race against time with his French valet Passepartout. Their journey becomes complicated when a detective mistakes Fogg for a bank robber and pursues them across continents. Along the way, they rescue a young woman and face numerous obstacles that threaten their tight deadline.
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Around the World in Eighty Days is in the public domain, so its text can be read in Gutenvox. The app provides transparent on-device synthetic narration, not a human audiobook recording, and can highlight spoken words on the page while keeping your place between reading and listening.
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