[1][2] Fogg is a man of independent means and is a gentleman who is "exact", as in he has a perfect routine and life right down to the number of steps he walks to the temperature of his shaving water.

He sets out with his French servant Jean Passepartout to win the wager, unaware that he is being followed by a detective named Fix, who suspects Fogg of having robbed the Bank of England.

However, he learns from Passepartout that he has gained one calendar day during his travels, allowing him to reach the Reform Club just in time to meet his deadline and collect his winnings.

In Albert Robida's Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul (1879), Fogg appears in the narrative having gone on an attempt to travel the world again, this time in 77 days.

He is portrayed as a serial saviour of ladies, having over three hundred rescued women accompanying him on his travels, which have lasted well over three years by the time he is introduced.