Around the World in Eighty Days · Character
James Forster
Fogg's former servant who is replaced by Passepartout at the story's start.
minor
Also known as Forster
First appearance: In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as man
James Forster shows up with force in In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as man. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as the dismissed servant who brought shaving-water at the wrong temperature.
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- Minor characters and helpers
- Protagonist
- Fogg's traveling companions
- Reform Club members
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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