What is the name of the manservant in 'Around the World in Eighty Days' by Jules Verne?
Jean Passepartout, a character in Jules Verne's novel 'Around the World in Eighty Days', is the French valet of the novel's English main character, Phileas Fogg. His surname translates literally to "goes everywhere", but this is an idiom for "skeleton key" in French. It is also a play on the English word passport and the French word partout (everywhere).
The character of Passepartout serves several purposes in the narrative - as a point-of-view character for Verne's French readers, and as comic relief, both in his reactions to the strange places and events he encounters, and in a tendency to get trapped, abducted, or, on at least one occasion, left behind.
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Corey Taylor
One should not bother with the Jackie Chan version from 2004, despite all the A-list cameos from Governator Arnold to Kathy Bates as Queen Victoria. If you want fidelity to the book, the 1989 tv miniseries, starring Pierce Brosnan(pre-007) and Monty Python's Eric Idle is far superior, and the acting is much better.
Corey Taylor
Elsy O. Stromberg, And just as many were illiterate enough to guess Sherlock Holmes!?
Larry Jones
Answer was a bit too easy.
Florence McKenna Hiscock
paolabelle, Ah, yes, but I loved the movie!
Player
paolabelle, I've played a video game adaption which is why I know. Plus there is a new TV adaption starring David Tennant as Fogg currently airing in the UK.
earlepg
Al Breyette, Even though the question was asked 2 years ago, it was still a pleasant break.
paolabelle
I love how people keep referring to "movie" although there are tons of cinematic and cartoon adaptation of the NOVEL.
Janet Dawn Baker
I can’t believe some people actually chose Sherlock Holmes!
Robin Heckler
I have never watched the movie, but a game I play has the book featured as part of the game.
John W Shreve
I changed the name, Phileas Fogg, to Phineas and used it in stories I made up for the kids.
John W Shreve
Howard Groopman, He was huge in Latin America and Spain. I remember the movie theaters in SF running his films, maybe three theaters at the time.
Warren Trimble
and a third of the people missed it? Machu Picchu - really?
fdeisner
Al Breyette,
I still think they may be one in the same.
Al Breyette
We had a great break but Carol is back competing with Lilly for stupidest question and answer options.
Elsy O. Stromberg
Humberto Carrasco, PRETTY EASY ONE GIVEN THE CHOICES HUMBERTO