Around the World in 80 Days. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 1872 book, Around the World in Eighty Days
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne, 1872
TV series vs book
Caleb Ranson, Jules Verne, Ashley Pharoah, 2021-

In 1872, on the day he received a postcard reading “Coward” and an article in the newspaper claimed that the earth could be circumnavigated in 80 days, London eccentric Phileas Fogg bets at the Reform Club with his friend Bellamy for £20,000 that he will do just that. He calculates the day of his return to London on Christmas Eve.