Subject for November, 2016
Chapter 15
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which the bag of banknotes disgorges some thousands of pounds more The train entered the station, and Passepartout jumping out first, was followed by Mr. Fogg, who assisted...
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Chapter 14
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which Phileas Fogg descends the whole length of the beautiful valley of the Ganges without ever thinking of seeing it The rash exploit had been accomplished; and for an hou...
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Chapter 13
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which Passepartout receives a new proof that fortune favors the brave The project was a bold one, full of difficulty, perhaps impracticable. Mr. Fogg was going to risk life...
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Chapter 12
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which Phileas Fogg and his companions venture across the Indian forests, and what ensued In order to shorten the journey, the guide passed to the left of the line where the...
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Chapter 11
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which Phileas Fogg secures a curious means of conveyance at a fabulous price The train had started punctually. Among the passengers were a number of officers, Government o...
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Chapter 10
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which Passepartout is only too glad to get off with the loss of his shoes Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex ...
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Chapter 9
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
In which the Red Sea and the Indian ocean prove propitious to the designs of Phileas Fogg The distance between Suez and Aden is precisely thirteen hundred and ten miles, and t...
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Chapter 8 – In which Passepartout talks rather more, perhaps, than is prudent
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
Fix soon rejoined Passepartout, who was lounging and looking about on the quay, as if he did not feel that he, at least, was obliged not to see anything. “Well, my frien...
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Chapter 7 – Which once more demonstrates the uselessness of Passports as aids to detectives
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
The detective passed down the quay, and rapidly made his way to the consul’s office, where he was at once admitted to the presence of that official. “Consul,”...
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Chapter 6 – In which Fix, the detective, betrays a very natural impatience
Subject: Around the World in Eighty Days
The circumstances under which this telegraphic dispatch about Phileas Fogg was sent were as follows: The steamer Mongolia, belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company, bu...
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