Around the World in 80 Days, Starting in Clubland

Embracing the Clubland roots of Jules Verne's literary classic

Reading Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days (1874) is an exhiliariting front row seat to the exploration of protagonist Phileas Fogg and his valet, Passepartout encounter, complete with riding elephants in the jungles of India to a falling suspension bridge in the United States. 

The novel, originally published in French, has been a classic in …