Around the World in Eighty Days · Character
Mudge
Driver of the sledge that carries Fogg across the American plains.
minor
First appearance: xxix
Mudge shows up with force in IX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mudge is the American who owns the sail-sledge; he pilots the vehicle skillfully across the frozen prairie to Omaha.
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In In which Fix, the detective, considerably furthers the interests of Phileas Fogg: Mudge is the American who owns the sail-sledge; he…
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- Minor characters and helpers
- Protagonist
- Fogg's traveling companions
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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