In a Fix—Answer

Firstly: C. Jules Verne

Secondly: Around the World in Eighty Days


Frontispiece: Phileas Fogg. An ilustration from the novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne painted by Alphonse de Neuville and/or Léon Benett.
[Image from Wikipedia]

Phileas Fogg, a wealthy Englishman, embarks on a journey around the world to win a wager. Along the way, he rescues Aouda from sati (being burned on her late husband’s funeral pyre) and encounters Detective Fix, who believes Fogg is a bank robber. Despite facing numerous challenges and delays, Fogg returns to London just in time to win the wager and marry Aouda.

The three authors were all born on February 8th: Dickens in 1812, Verne in 1828 and Lewis in 1885.

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