Around the World in Eighty Days · Character
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.
major
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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Relationship types
- Professional
- Rivalry
- Friendship
Character groups
- Fogg's traveling companions
- Protagonist
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Open in readerNarrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This chapter marks the dramatic climax because it presents the highest physical and symbolic point of the jour…
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Follow the arc while readingRelationships
- Phileas Fogg
professional · positive
Passepartout is Fogg's loyal and devoted valet, accompanying him on the journey with a… How this plays out →
- Fix
rivalry · negative
- Aouda
friendship · positive
- Sir Francis Cromarty
friendship · positive
- Colonel Stamp Proctor
rivalry · negative
- Mr. Batulcar
professional · positive
- Judge Obadiah
rivalry · negative
- Fix
rivalry · negative
- Phileas Fogg
professional · positive
Passepartout is Fogg's loyal and devoted valet, accompanying him on the journey with a… How this plays out →
- Fix
rivalry · negative
- Phileas Fogg
professional · positive
Passepartout is Fogg's loyal and devoted valet, accompanying him on the journey with a… How this plays out →
- Judge Obadiah
rivalry · negative
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See Passepartout in In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as manIn the story
Passepartout appears across 34 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as man
- II
- IV
- VI
- VII
- In which Passepartout talks rather more, perhaps, than is prudent
- IX
- In which Passepartout is only too glad to get off with the loss of his shoes
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Chapter companion notes
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