There was conjecture among the Reform Club members that Fogg had traveled far and wide because no one was more familiar with the world than he. Fogg’s fellow members of the Reform Club had no inkling how he made his fortune or how he passed his time. Apart from his daily hand of whist, he played his cards close to his chest. His habits were unchanging and he was never late. The well-regulated Fogg kept to the same schedule. Phileas Fogg, the lead character in Jules Verne’s adventure, was an Englishman of meticulous habits. However, it seems that the remake will be a kaleidoscopic collage of the original story. David Tennant of Doctor Who fame knows how to portray time travel will be a fine Phileas Fogg. Verne’s most successful tale has been craftily remade as a TV series and premiered on BBC on Decemand on PBS Masterpiece on January 2, 2022.

The French author who grew from that adventurous little cabin boy wrote Around the World in Eighty Days or Le Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vingts Jours, in 1872 in serial form for the newspaper Le Temps. Like Jules Verne’s biography, his tales have been elaborated upon but that doesn’t make them any less intriguing or entertaining. He made his son promise to travel “only in his imagination.” This childhood feat of derring-do may have really happened, but this tale is thought to be largely embroidered upon by his biographer, his niece Marguerite.

Verne’s father managed to catch him at the harbor before the ship set sail. Rumor has it that the 11-year-old Jules Verne tricked his way aboard the sailing ship Coralie with the aim of traveling to the West Indies to bring back a coral necklace for his much-beloved cousin.

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