Around the World in Eighty Days Resources

Yup, this novel's so famous it gets a page in the freaking encyclopedia. Don't worry, though—it won't take you eighty days to read through.

Visit the house of Verne and tour where Jules made the magic happen. The next time you're in Nantes, France, the info will come in handy.

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It's a real-life trip around the world in eighty days, inspired by Verne's story. Michael Palin accepted a hefty reward from the BBC to make a television series about going around the world. He also wrote a book about it. Disclaimer: No Sarah Palin involved.

Think you know everything about Around the World in Eighty Days? Test your adventure mettle with this quiz.

Want to see Jules Verne, fifties-style? Pop in this gem and get totally groovy (and totally non PC).

Pierce Brosnan as Phileas Fogg? Be still our hearts. Probably the best of the best, this made-for-TV miniseries has an all-star cast and follows the book better than anything else out there. Ready for Jules Verne made in the '80s? Um, yes please.

Jackie Chan as Passepartout? This take on Jules Verne's most famous adventure piece is sure to break a few boards (as well as a few rules of comedy). Hi-yah.

There's a Jules Verne trophy. Want to win it? Sure you do. Sail around the world heading east, and it's sure to be the next entry into your trophy case collection.

An ATV was designed to go rollin' and patrollin' on the moon and other planets, and it's affectionately named the Jules Verne. Aw…

Well, maybe just his name. But if Walt Disney's Tomorrowland is name-dropping our author, we kind of want to see what happens our old pal Verne's namesake.

We hate to cut Jules Verne short, but this short animated film is too cute for words. Check out this really creative cartoon adaptation about Jules Verne, Jr. and his trip around the world.

We love us some corn—popped or otherwise—and Jackie Chan delivers the sillies as well as a course in Kung-fu 101.

From the 1956 version of Around the World in 80 Days, we get a sense of Passepartout's comedic development (and also a strange reference to him as a "brown fellow").

It's a reading of Around the World in Eighty Days with all the vocabulary words pronounced correctly. Have a listen and travel the world without ever leaving your couch.

We totally listen. Orson Welles did a radio broadcast of Around the World in Eighty Days. How cool is that?

A pretty interesting take on the novel. This version is cut down to teach people to read English with some illustrations, music, and read-along sentences.

This one poster manages to cram in a hot air balloon, elephant, multiple ships, a train and more.

Check out this fancy picture of Aouda's rescue from an illustrated copy of an 1872 version of the novel. Help a girl out, would you?

Phileas Fogg may be English, but Verne published this novel first in French, because, you know, he was French.

Jackie Chan's debut as the karate kickin' servant.