Around the World in Eighty Days

by

Jules Verne

A young, strikingly beautiful Indian woman whom Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Sir Francis Cromarty, and the guide save from being sacrificed at a ceremony. The daughter of a wealthy Bombay merchant, Aouda is fair-skinned and was raised in an Anglicized part of India where she attended an English school; her appearance, speech, and mannerisms are more European than Indian. After she was orphaned, she was married off to the elderly rajah of Bundelcund, and, after the rajah died, was sentenced to death by his family. Fogg and his companions happen to see her being led through the jungle by a procession of Brahmins and decide that they must save her from being sacrificed. They are unable to free her from where she is being held captive, but just before she is burned alive Passepartout has the ingenious idea of posing as the dead rajah in order to sneak into the funeral pyre and steal her away. Fogg decides to bring her along on the remainder of his trip and back to England when they learn that the relative she planned to stay with in Hong Kong has moved away. Throughout the rest of their travels, Aouda feels indebted to her companions for saving her and gradually falls in love with Fogg. At the end of the novel, she returns to London with Fogg and asks him to marry her despite the fact that they believe he has lost the wager, and thus, his entire fortune. He accepts, and tells her that he loves her, too. After Fogg does win the wager at the last moment, he and Aouda are married.

Aouda Quotes in Around the World in Eighty Days

The Around the World in Eighty Days quotes below are all either spoken by Aouda or refer to Aouda. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12 Quotes

“Suppose we save this woman.”

“Save the woman, Mr. Fogg!”

“I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that.”

“Why, you are a man of heart!”

“Sometimes,” replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; “when I have the time.”

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg (speaker), Sir Francis Cromarty (speaker), Jean Passepartout, Aouda, The Guide, Kiouni
Page Number: 38
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Chapter 13 Quotes

As for Passepartout, he was ready for anything that might be proposed. His master’s idea charmed him; he perceived a heart, a soul, under that icy exterior. He began to love Phileas Fogg.

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Aouda, Sir Francis Cromarty, The Guide, Kiouni
Page Number: 39
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“The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.”

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg (speaker), Jean Passepartout, Aouda, Sir Francis Cromarty, The Guide, Kiouni
Page Number: 41
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Chapter 30 Quotes

Aouda returned to a waiting-room, and there she waited alone, thinking of the simple and noble generosity, the tranquil courage of Phileas Fogg. He had sacrificed his fortune, and was now risking his life, all without hesitation, from duty, in silence.

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Aouda
Page Number: 106
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Chapter 35 Quotes

“I pity you, then, Mr. Fogg, for solitude is a sad thing, with no heart to which to confide your griefs. They say, though, that misery itself, shared by two sympathetic souls, may be borne with patience.”

Related Characters: Aouda (speaker), Phileas Fogg
Page Number: 125
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Chapter 37 Quotes

Phileas Fogg had won his wager, and had made his journey around the world in eighty days. To do this he had employed every means of conveyance—steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading vessels, sledges, elephants. The eccentric gentleman had throughout displayed all his marvelous qualities of coolness and exactitude. But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey?

Nothing, say you? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men!

Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg, Aouda
Page Number: 130
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Aouda Quotes in Around the World in Eighty Days

The Around the World in Eighty Days quotes below are all either spoken by Aouda or refer to Aouda. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 12 Quotes

“Suppose we save this woman.”

“Save the woman, Mr. Fogg!”

“I have yet twelve hours to spare; I can devote them to that.”

“Why, you are a man of heart!”

“Sometimes,” replied Phileas Fogg, quietly; “when I have the time.”

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg (speaker), Sir Francis Cromarty (speaker), Jean Passepartout, Aouda, The Guide, Kiouni
Page Number: 38
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 13 Quotes

As for Passepartout, he was ready for anything that might be proposed. His master’s idea charmed him; he perceived a heart, a soul, under that icy exterior. He began to love Phileas Fogg.

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Aouda, Sir Francis Cromarty, The Guide, Kiouni
Page Number: 39
Explanation and Analysis:

“The chance which now seems lost may present itself at the last moment.”

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg (speaker), Jean Passepartout, Aouda, Sir Francis Cromarty, The Guide, Kiouni
Page Number: 41
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 30 Quotes

Aouda returned to a waiting-room, and there she waited alone, thinking of the simple and noble generosity, the tranquil courage of Phileas Fogg. He had sacrificed his fortune, and was now risking his life, all without hesitation, from duty, in silence.

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout, Aouda
Page Number: 106
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 35 Quotes

“I pity you, then, Mr. Fogg, for solitude is a sad thing, with no heart to which to confide your griefs. They say, though, that misery itself, shared by two sympathetic souls, may be borne with patience.”

Related Characters: Aouda (speaker), Phileas Fogg
Page Number: 125
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 37 Quotes

Phileas Fogg had won his wager, and had made his journey around the world in eighty days. To do this he had employed every means of conveyance—steamers, railways, carriages, yachts, trading vessels, sledges, elephants. The eccentric gentleman had throughout displayed all his marvelous qualities of coolness and exactitude. But what then? What had he really gained by all this trouble? What had he brought back from this long and weary journey?

Nothing, say you? Perhaps so; nothing but a charming woman, who, strange as it may appear, made him the happiest of men!

Truly, would you not for less than that make the tour around the world?

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg, Aouda
Page Number: 130
Explanation and Analysis: