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Introduction
Around the World in Eighty Days: Traveling at the Speed of Time
a humorous travelogue, a witty adventure, a romance with timetables. Around the World in Eighty Days became an instant sensation when it was first serialized in 1872 in the Parisian journal Le Temps. After it was published in book form in 1873, eager readers snatched up more than half a million copies, making author Jules Verne a veiy wealthy man.
Jules Verne made his mark on literature by using the science of the day to expand human experience, turning popular fancies into prophetic predictions. A recurring element in much of his work was his characters' desire— and ability—to escape their geographical boundaries. Yet unlike many of his other novels. Around the World adheres to realism and ignores the more fantastic elements of science fiction. Verne keeps to what is possible, threading his foresights on the revolutionary state of travel with the classic narrative devices of an adventure novel to create the ultimate fictional travelogue.
Early in the book, characters discuss the fact that the world is "getting smaller." The concept of a shrinking world