Around the World in 80 Days / Five Weeks in a Balloon (Wordsworth Classics)

 Describes the journey made as a wager by the Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, who succeeds - but only just - in circling the globe within eighty days. Fogg's obsession with his timetable is complemented by versatility of his French manservant, Passe-partout, whose talent for getting into scrapes brings colour to the race against time.