Around the World in Eighty Days (AmazonClassics Edition) characters

Appears from the start

A wealthy English gentleman whose life in London follows an exact and unchanging schedule. Reserved, mathematically precise, and almost impossible to rattle, he accepts a Reform Club wager that new rail and steamship links make it possible to circle the globe in eighty days.

Also known as Jean Passepartout

Appears from the start

Fogg's newly hired French servant, a former acrobat and fireman who hopes the position will finally give him a quiet, orderly life. Energetic, sociable, and adaptable, he instead learns on his first day that his employer is leaving immediately on a journey around the world.

First appears in chapter 3

One of Fogg's regular card-playing companions at the Reform Club. Skeptical that published timetables can account for real delays, he challenges Fogg's claim that the world can be circled in eighty days and joins the wager against him.

First appears in chapter 3

A Bank of England official and member of Fogg's circle at the Reform Club. News of a recent bank theft forms part of the conversation that leads to Fogg's wager and departure.

Also known as Detective Fix

First appears in chapter 6

A British detective stationed at Suez while authorities search for a bank robber. Fogg's sudden journey, reserve, and physical resemblance to the suspect convince Fix that he may have found his man, although the arrest warrant has not yet arrived.

First appears in chapter 11

A British army officer traveling across India on the same train as Fogg and Passepartout. Experienced in the country and familiar with its customs, he becomes their companion when an unfinished railway forces the passengers to seek another route.

First appears in chapter 11

A resourceful local guide hired to take Fogg's party across the unfinished section of the Indian railway. He knows the forest route and agrees to lead the travelers with the elephant Kiouni.

Also known as Princess Aouda

First appears in chapter 12

A young Parsee woman from a prosperous Bombay family who has been forced into marriage with an elderly rajah. Fogg's party learns that she is being taken to die on her husband's funeral pyre and decides to intervene.

First appears in chapter 20

The skilled pilot of the small vessel Tankadere. Fogg hires him in Hong Kong for a difficult run toward Shanghai after the travelers miss the ship needed to continue their eastward schedule.

First appears in chapter 25

An American traveler who clashes with Fogg during political disorder in San Francisco. Proud and confrontational, he later encounters Fogg again aboard the transcontinental train.

First appears in chapter 30

An American who provides a wind-driven sledge when the rail journey is interrupted on the plains. He offers Fogg's party a fast but exposed alternative for reaching the next working rail connection.

First appears in chapter 32

The stubborn master of the trading ship Henrietta. He initially refuses Fogg's request for passage to Liverpool but agrees to carry the party toward Europe for a high price.