Summary
Phineas Fogg III, the scion of a legendary peripatetic lineage, finds himself ensnared in a temporal vice that far exceeds the leisurely pace of his grandfather’s Victorian odyssey. This 1923 serial, a kinetic reimagining of Vernian motifs, thrusts the younger Fogg into a frantic race against both the clock and the predatory machinations of corporate hegemony. The narrative pivot rests upon the survival of the International Fuel Company; should Fogg fail to consolidate proxies from a global diaspora of shareholders by the nineteenth of the month, the villainous Vice-President Brenton—a man whose avarice is matched only by his strategic cruelty—will usurp control. With a hundred-thousand-dollar wager serving as the cynical cherry atop this high-stakes gambit, Fogg embarks on an eighteen-day circumnavigation. The journey is less a sightseeing tour and more a desperate sprint through a world rapidly shrinking under the influence of steam, steel, and early aviation, all while navigating the emotional gravity of his sweetheart’s father’s legacy.
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The adventures of Phineas Fogg the 3rd, grandson of the famous globe trotter of Jules Verne fame, in his effort to go around the world in 18 days to get proxies from widely scattered stockholders of an international fuel company, which is headed by Fogg's sweetheart's father. Unless Fogg obtains the proxies in time, Brenton, the vice-president, will seize control of the company at the next Board meeting which occurs on the 19th. It is then the first of the month. Brenton wagers Fogg $100,000 that he cannot make the trip in time.
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