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Around the World in Eighty Days full cast audiobook

by Jules Verne

Released 9 October 2026 · Updated 12 October 2026 · 6h 28m · 39 voices

The story (no spoilers)

Phileas Fogg, an exact and silent London gentleman in 1872, wagers £20,000 at the Reform Club that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The claim rests on a simple idea: steamships and new railways have made the globe smaller than anyone admits. Fogg sets out that same evening from Saville Row with a carpetbag, a strict timetable and Passepartout, a French valet who was once an acrobat and a fireman, and who only wanted a quiet position. Their route carries them from Suez to Bombay, across India, and onward to Hong Kong, Yokohama and San Francisco. Each stage hands them fresh trouble, from missed connections to hostile terrain, and every lost hour is one they cannot recover. Meanwhile a detective named Fix has seen a description of a bank robber and decides that the unruffled traveller matches it. He begins to follow them across continents. The book asks whether one man's discipline can hold against the whole unpredictable world.

The cast

21 speaking roles are listed; walk-on parts are not. Each voice was designed, or chosen from our library of designed voices, to fit how the book describes the character, and it stays with them from the first chapter to the last. Portraits are illustrated impressions of each character.

Phileas Fogg
Male, about forty years old, an Englishman living in London in 1872, a wealthy gentleman and club member of independent means. He has a clipped upper-class received pronunciation, with a smooth, even, mid-low baritone and a tall, composed frame. He speaks slowly and precisely, in a placid flat tone, never raising his voice. Tranquil, taciturn, exact and phlegmatic.
Passepartout
Male, about twenty-eight years old, a Frenchman living in London in 1872, a working-class manservant who has tried many trades. He speaks English with a clear French accent, in a light, bright, slightly nasal tenor. He talks quickly and eagerly, with warm, flustered bursts of energy. Warm-hearted, excitable, a little vain and endlessly willing.
Fix
Male, about thirty-eight years old, an Englishman travelling the world in 1872, a lower-middle-class police detective. He has a London accent with a slight Cockney edge, and a sharp, nasal, medium-high tenor, a little strained. He speaks in quick, tight bursts, lowering his voice to confide. Intent, nervous, scheming and quietly self-satisfied.
Andrew Stuart
Male, about fifty years old, an Englishman living in London in 1872, a middle-class engineer and club member. He has a northern English educated accent, with a thin, reedy, slightly dry tenor. He speaks in fussy, uneven phrases that rise when he is annoyed. Nervous, easily irritated and sceptical.
Aouda
Female, about twenty-four years old, a Parsee woman raised in the English manner, travelling from India in 1872, a gentle upper-class widow. She speaks English with great purity, in a soft, light accent faintly touched by India, in a sweet, soft, warm soprano. She speaks gently and a little slowly. Grateful, brave and devoted.
Andrew Speedy
Male, about fifty-two years old, a Welshman from Cardiff living in 1872, a working-class ship captain and owner. He has a Cardiff Welsh accent, with a gruff, rough, low baritone roughened by sea air. He speaks in short, curt, clipped replies. Stubborn, quick-tempered and fond of money.
John Bunsby
Male, about forty-five years old, an Englishman at a Hong Kong harbour in 1872, a working-class pilot-boat master. He has a broad West Country burr, with a low, weathered, sunburnt baritone. He speaks in a steady, rolling drawl, dropping to a murmur when confiding. Proud of his boat, self-reliant and cautious.
Sir Francis Cromarty
Male, about fifty years old, a Scottish army general serving in India in 1872, an upper-class career soldier. He has an educated Scottish accent, with a warm, firm, mid-range baritone and a tall, upright bearing. He speaks briskly and plainly, growing warmer in debate. Sensible, conventional and kindly.
Colonel Proctor
Male, about forty-five years old, an American travelling in San Francisco and the Western railroads in 1872, a middle-class militia colonel. He has a loud General American accent, with a rough, nasal, strong baritone. He speaks in a swaggering, insolent drawl, fairly fast and carrying. Quarrelsome, bold and full of himself.
Judge Obadiah
Male, about fifty-eight years old, a British magistrate in Calcutta in 1872, an upper-middle-class judge, fat and round. He has a pompous English received pronunciation, with a heavy, wheezy, plummy baritone. He speaks in a formal, deliberate manner with fussy pauses. Stern, vain about his dignity and easily fretted.
Gauthier Ralph
Male, about fifty-six years old, an Englishman living in London in 1872, a wealthy bank director and club member. He has a smooth upper-class received pronunciation, with a rich, deep, mellow bass-baritone. He speaks slowly and politely, with well-rounded phrases. Courteous, composed and trusting.
John Sullivan
Male, about forty-four years old, an Irish-born banker living in London in 1872, a prosperous middle-class man. He has a light Irish accent, with a bright, clear, mid-high tenor. He speaks at a brisk, businesslike pace, reading figures crisply. Cordial, earnest and a little emotional.
Mr. Batulcar
Male, about sixty years old, a showman living in Japan in 1872, a working-class troupe proprietor with a thick grey beard. He speaks with a heavy, gravelly, theatrical voice and a rough cosmopolitan accent, an English tinged with Japan-port patois. He speaks bluntly in loud, teasing bursts. Shrewd, brash and sly.
Thomas Flanagan
Male, about fifty-two years old, an Englishman living in London in 1872, a prosperous middle-class brewer. He has a hearty Midlands accent, with a big, gruff, round baritone and a stout build. He speaks in a loud, relaxed, easy drawl. Jovial, opinionated and sceptical.
Oysterpuff
Male, about forty years old, an English court officer in Calcutta in 1872, a lower-middle-class official. He has a plain London accent, with a reedy, high-mid, slightly nasal tenor. He speaks in eager, proud, quick phrases. Dutiful, officious and pleased to be useful.
Forster the engineer
Male, about forty years old, an American living in the western United States in 1872, a working-class railroad locomotive engineer. He speaks with a plain American accent with a Yankee twang, in a rough, medium-low baritone with a weathered, slightly hoarse timbre from years beside the engine. He speaks in brisk, steady, practical phrases that carry well. Resourceful, bold and matter-of-fact, calm and confident.
Samuel Fallentin
Male, about forty-eight years old, an Englishman living in London in 1872, a wealthy banker. He has a soft upper-middle-class English accent, with a warm, quiet, gentle tenor. He speaks slowly, calmly and soothingly. Calm, patient and reasonable.
Elder William Hitch
Male, about fifty years old, an American Mormon missionary travelling by rail across Utah in 1872, a working-class preacher. He has a Western American accent, with a ringing, hard, high baritone. He speaks in fervent, rapid, rising bursts like a pulpit speaker. Irritable, zealous and combative.
Mudge
Male, about forty years old, an American plainsman on the Nebraska prairie in 1872, a working-class sledge driver. He has a flat Midwestern accent, with a lean, dry, medium tenor roughened by cold air. He speaks in a confident, easy, cheerful drawl. Self-assured and practical.
James Forster
Male, about twenty-four years old, an Englishman living in London in 1872, a working-class manservant. He has a London accent with soft, deferential vowels, in a light, clean, slightly nervous tenor. He speaks politely and quietly at a measured pace. Dutiful and anxious to please.
Lord Albemarle
Male, about seventy-eight years old, an English peer living in London in 1872, an elderly, frail, wealthy aristocrat. He has an old-fashioned upper-class received pronunciation, with a thin, quavering, shaky high baritone. He speaks very slowly with long pauses. Patriotic, dignified and stubborn.

Chapters

37 chapter markers; each link opens the video on YouTube at that point.

About this recording

Narrator: Hugh Ellery, our house narrator voice
Runtime: 6h 28m (complete and unabridged)
Voices: 39
Channel: Cozy Audiobooks on YouTube
Released: 9 October 2026
Updated: 12 October 2026
Author: Jules Verne
First published: 1872
Kind: adventure novel
Source edition: Project Gutenberg eBook #103
Public domain (US): Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) by Jules Verne is in the public domain in the United States; text from Project Gutenberg.