London, United Kingdomphileasfogg.wroteabout.comWriting since 1873
Member of the Reform Club. I went round the world in eighty days for a wager. A test profile based on Jules Verne's novel (1872).
LatestAround the world in eighty daysOct 1872Arrested in Liverpool, released, five minutes late to London. Then a proposal, a vicar, and a day I had not known I had.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872An unsafe bridge, a vote of the passengers, one sensible suggestion ignored, and a crossing at full speed.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872Three hours held up by bison, and an hour in which Passepartout was the whole of a congregation.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872Captain Speedy would not go to Liverpool. Then he went, without being consulted. Then I bought his ship and burnt it.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872A day in San Francisco: a good breakfast, a quantity of firearms, and an election in which I took no side and still lost.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872The China sailed at nine. We reached the pier at a quarter past eleven. I slept well, all the same.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872Two hundred miles of frozen prairie, a sail, a west wind and Mr Mudge. The fastest thing I rode in America had no engine.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872Yokohama to San Francisco: nineteen days, no incidents, and a complete record of the whist.
Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872A duel interrupted, a train stopped, Passepartout taken. I spent a night and a morning I had not budgeted for.
