Oxford Progressive English Readers: Around the World in Eighty Days

Poor Passepartout! He agrees to work as the servant of Phileas Fogg because he wants a peaceful life. Mr Fogg is a gentleman who always does exactly the same thing every day. However, that very evening he starts work, his master returns from his club and tells him that they must leave for France. They are going to make the tour of the world. Mr Fogg had bet twenty thousand pounds that they can do it in eighty days!

Mr Fogg’s bet takes him and Passepartout to Egypt, India,Hong Kong, Japan and America, and leads to many exciting adventures. But they are not the only people making the tour of the world. Someone is following them, and seems to be trying to stop Mr Fogg from winning his bet ...