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Around the World in Eighty Days Audiobook— narrated by Noel Gibilaro
Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days runs on one beautifully simple engine: a wager, a clock, and a man who refuses to waste a minute. It's a 19th-century travel adventure built like a precision instrument, and it still moves with surprising momentum once Fogg leaves London.
Why the audiobook wins
Noel Gibilaro reads Phileas Fogg with the clipped, unflappable calm the character demands, and that restraint turns out to be the whole comic engine of the performance. Verne's joke is that Fogg treats a circumnavigation like a train timetable, and Gibilaro never lets the mask slip, which makes every near-miss and diversion land funnier read aloud than it does on the page.
This is a book built for momentum, and audio suits a story that's really a chain of connections, steamers caught by minutes, a bridge that may or may not hold. Let a narrator carry you through each leg and the geography starts to feel like it's rushing past a train window instead of a map.
At a brisk seven hours, it's an easy one to finish in a single commute or a long drive, and a single Audible credit gets you the whole trip around the globe.
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- Who narrates the Around the World in Eighty Days audiobook?
- Noel Gibilaro narrates the audiobook edition of Around the World in Eighty Days.
- How long is the Around the World in Eighty Days audiobook?
- The audiobook runs 7 hr 8 min.
- Is the Around the World in Eighty Days audiobook worth listening to?
- We scored Around the World in Eighty Days 4.6 out of 5. Noel Gibilaro reads Phileas Fogg with the clipped, unflappable calm the character demands, and that restraint turns out to be the whole comic engine of the performance. Verne's joke is that Fogg treats a circumnavigation like a train timetable, and Gibilaro never lets the mask…
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- Eligible new Audible members can use a free-trial credit to listen in the Audible app. Eligibility and current offer terms are set by Audible.Listen to Around the World in Eighty Days free with an Audible trial
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- Is Around the World in Eighty Days on Kindle Unlimited?
- No. Around the World in Eighty Days was not included with Kindle Unlimited when we last checked on August 5, 2026.
- How much does Around the World in Eighty Days cost?
- On Amazon: Paperback $4.20, Hardcover $14.25. Prices as of August 20, 2026 at 3:45 AM EDT and may change.
