Around the World in 80 Days French-English EPUB
Jules Verne’s globe-trotting adventure uses clear, brisk nineteenth-century French and rich character portraits suited to CEFR B1 learners. Preview chapters 1 and 2 with English translation below.
- Original language
- French · Jules Verne
- First published
- 1872
- CEFR Level
- B1
- Public Domain & Translation Note
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Chapitre I · Phileas Fogg et PassepartoutChapter I · Phileas Fogg and Passepartout
Original · French
En l’année 1872, la maison portant le numéro 7 de Saville-row, Burlington Gardens — maison dans laquelle Sheridan mourut en 1814 —, était habitée par Phileas Fogg, esq., l’un des membres les plus singuliers et les plus remarqués du Reform-Club de Londres.
Parallel translation
In the year 1872, the house at number 7 Savile Row, Burlington Gardens—the house in which Sheridan died in 1814—was inhabited by Phileas Fogg, Esq., one of the most singular and most noticed members of the Reform Club of London.
Original · French
Phileas Fogg était-il riche ? Incontestablement. Mais comment il avait fait fortune, c’est ce que les mieux informés ne pouvaient dire, et Mr. Fogg était le dernier auquel il convînt de s’adresser pour l’apprendre. En tout cas, il n’était prodigue de rien, mais non avare.
Parallel translation
Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But how he had made his fortune, even the best informed could not say, and Mr. Fogg was the last person to whom it would be proper to apply to learn it. In any case, he was not lavish with anything, yet not stingy either.
Chapitre II · Où Passepartout est convaincu qu’il a enfin trouvé son idéalChapter II · Where Passepartout Is Convinced He Has Found His Ideal
Original · French
« Sur ma foi, se dit Passepartout, un peu ahuri tout d’abord, j’ai connu chez Mme Tussaud des bonshommes aussi vivants que mon nouveau maître ! » Il convient de dire ici que les bonshommes de Mme Tussaud sont des figures de cire, fort visitées à Londres, et auxquelles il ne manque vraiment que la parole.
Parallel translation
'Upon my word,' Passepartout said to himself, somewhat bewildered at first, 'I have known figures at Madame Tussaud’s just as lively as my new master!' It should be noted here that Madame Tussaud’s figures are wax statues, much visited in London, and lacking only speech.
Original · French
Pendant les quelques instants qu’il venait de passer en présence de Phileas Fogg, Passepartout avait rapidement, mais soigneusement examiné son futur maître. C’était un homme qui pouvait avoir quarante ans, de figure noble et belle, haut de taille, avec des cheveux blonds et des favoris.
Parallel translation
During the few moments he had just spent in the presence of Phileas Fogg, Passepartout had rapidly but carefully examined his future master. He was a man who might be forty years old, of noble and handsome countenance, tall in stature, with fair hair and sidewhiskers.
Core Vocabulary from Chapters 1 & 2
Key words and phrases in context from the opening chapters, ready to review or import into Anki.
| Word & Pronunciation | Meaning in Context | Sentence in Book |
|---|---|---|
| singulier/sɛ̃ɡylje/adj. | peculiar, unusual, or standing out from others | L’un des membres les plus singuliers et les plus remarqués du Reform-Club de Londres. |
| incontestablement/ɛ̃kɔ̃tɛstabləmɑ̃/adv. | undeniably; without any possible doubt | Phileas Fogg était-il riche ? Incontestablement. |
| prodigue/pʁɔdiɡ/adj. | lavish, wasteful, or spending money too freely | En tout cas, il n’était prodigue de rien, mais non avare. |
| avare/avaʁ/adj. | miserly, stingy, or unwilling to spend | En tout cas, il n’était prodigue de rien, mais non avare. |
| ahuri/ayʁi/adj. | bewildered, dazed, or taken aback by surprise | « Sur ma foi, se dit Passepartout, un peu ahuri tout d’abord ! » |
| soigneusement/swaɲøzmɑ̃/adv. | carefully, attentively, and with precision | Passepartout avait rapidement, mais soigneusement examiné son futur maître. |