Around the World in Eighty Days Characters

The protagonist of the novel. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy, eccentric, solitary English gentleman who is about forty years old and lives in Saville Row, London. With a strange obsession with routine and punctuality, and… read analysis of Phileas Fogg

Phileas Fogg’s servant and loyal sidekick throughout his journey around the world. Jean Passepartout is a Parisian man of about thirty years old and has a pleasant, laid-back demeanor. After living an adventurous life… read analysis of Jean Passepartout

The antagonist of the novel. Detective Fix is an inspector from the Scotland Yard who suspects Phileas Fogg of robbing the Bank of England. Fix believes that Fogg’s wager of traveling around the world in… read analysis of Detective Fix

A young, strikingly beautiful Indian woman whom Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Sir Francis Cromarty, and the guide save from being sacrificed at a ceremony. The daughter of a wealthy Bombay merchant, Aouda… read analysis of Aouda

The elephant driver who leads Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, and Sir Francis Cromarty through the jungle in India on the back of Kiouni the elephant. The guide’s expertise and knowledge of Indian culture… read analysis of The Guide

An American man who tries to pick a fight with Phileas Fogg at a rowdy political rally in San Francisco. Colonel Proctor ends up merely insulting him, but Fogg is so offended that he vows… read analysis of Colonel Stamp Proctor

The Welsh captain of the Henrietta trading vessel that is harbored on Hudson Bay in New York City. Having faced delays on the long journey from San Francisco to New York, Phileas Fogg desperately offers… read analysis of Captain Andrew Speedy

The owner of the Tankadere pilot-boat. Phileas Fogg gives John Bunsby £200 to take him, Aouda, and Detective Fix from Hong Kong, China to Yokohama, Japan on the Tankadere. Bunsby routes them to… read analysis of John Bunsby

An American who owns a sledge, outfitted with sails, that can efficiently travel on top of snow. Detective Fix meets him at the train station near Fort Kearny in Nebraska, and Phileas Fogg pays Mudge… read analysis of Mudge

A Mormon missionary who gives a lecture on the train from Oakland, California to Omaha, Nebraska. Jean Passepartout and a small crowd of other passengers listen to the lecture, which focuses on the history of… read analysis of Elder William Hitch

The elderly Indian rajah whom Aouda was married off to after she became an orphan. After the rajah of Bundelcund passes away, his family demands that Aouda be sacrificed in a suttee, a Hindu religious… read analysis of The Rajah of Bundelcund

The elephant that Phileas Fogg buys from its owner in the Indian hamlet of Kholby. With the help of the guide’s elephant-driving expertise, Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Sir Francis Cromarty, and Aouda ride… read analysis of Kiouni

An engineer who is one of Phileas Fogg’s regular whist partners at the Reform Club and enters into the £20,000 wager of Fogg’s journey around the world in eighty days along with Gauthier Ralph… read analysis of Andrew Stuart