Around the World in Eighty Days · Character
Phileas Fogg
An imperturbable London gentleman who wagers his fortune that he can circle the globe in eighty days, betting his punctuality against all the world's chaos.
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Also known as Mr. Phileas Fogg, Mr. Fogg, Fogg, Monsieur Phileas Fogg, Monsieur Fogg
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, Phileas Fogg is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Introduced as a wealthy, enigmatic, and punctilious member of the Reform Club, living at 7 Saville Row.
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Fogg lives by clockwork precision at the Reform Club until a casual whist-table argument over a newspaper robbery propels him into a twenty-thousand-pound wager. His unshakable calm and mathematical detachment make him…
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Relationship types
- Professional
- Rivalry
- Romantic
- Friendship
Character groups
- Protagonist
- Fogg's traveling companions
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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
- Passepartout
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
romantic · positive
- Sir Francis Cromarty
friendship · positive
- Captain Speedy
rivalry · negative
- Andrew Stuart
rivalry · negative
- Colonel Stamp Proctor
rivalry · negative
- The Parsee
friendship · positive
- John Sullivan
rivalry · negative
- Judge Obadiah
rivalry · negative
- Fix
rivalry · negative
- Passepartout
professional · positive
Passepartout is Fogg's loyal and devoted valet, accompanying him on the journey with a… How this plays out →
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See Phileas Fogg in In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout accept each other, the one as master, the other as manIn the story
Phileas Fogg appears across 36 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
- In which a conversation takes place which seems likely to cost Phileas Fogg dear
- IV
- Chapter V: In which a new species of funds, unknown to the moneyed men, appears on 'Change.
- VII
- In which Passepartout talks rather more, perhaps, than is prudent
- IX
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