Meh. The voice of the audiobook as kind of terrible which detracted from the book. It was like a snobby British person from the 1800s...and it was hard to understand. There was less adventure than I expected and, is the case for many older books (Sherlock Holmes for example) is pretty racist. Anyone who isn't British is basically an idiot/savage...especially if they aren't white. Aouda may be the one exception (but of course she is in love with Fogg and it is pointed out on numerous occasions how well she speaks English and how she has been educated in the "British" way). Poor Passepartout, Fogg's newly hired French valet, seemed especially inept (which was odd since Verne is himself French and I'd think he'd be a little more clever)

****Spoiler Alert****
Phileas Fogg makes a bet with his mates that he can make it around the world in 80 days. He takes his valet with him. They are followed by Fix, a Scotland Yard detective who thinks he's a bank robber taking off with the money under the "traveling the world" guise. Of course they meet a number of obstacles along the way. In India they pick up Aouda who they save from being sacrificed (due to the death of her husband) and she accompanies them on the rest of the journey. They miss a ship because Fix gets Passepartout drunk. In the US their train is attacked by savages and Passepartout is taken hostage. Of course Fogg, ever the hero, saves him. They arrive 5 minutes late and Fogg gives up. The next day him and Aouda go to get married and realize they gained a day due to the international date line...and in fact were a day early. He wins the bet. Finds love. Blah, blah, blah.

Just OK. Worth a read if you're super into that kind of thing, but hard to stomach the ethnocentricism.