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Passepartout

Fogg's newly hired French valet, a warm-blooded former acrobat whose loyalty and hot temper repeatedly collide with his master's icy precision.

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Also known as Jean, Jean Passepartout, Mr. Passepartout

First appearance: In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as man

As a major figure in Around the World in Eighty Days, Passepartout is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Introduced as a Frenchman with a varied past, hired as Fogg's new servant after being recommended.
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Passepartout takes the post at Saville Row hoping for a quiet life, only to be swept into a breakneck global dash the very day he starts. His impulsive warmth — brawling with Fix on a deck, rescuing Aouda from a funeral…

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See Passepartout in In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as man

Character Web

18 connections

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PFPhileas FoggFIFixAOAoudaSFSir Francis Cr…CSColonel Stamp …PAPassepartout

Relationship types

  • Professional
  • Rivalry
  • Friendship

Character groups

  • Fogg's traveling companions
  • Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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Relationships

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See Passepartout in In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as man

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