Around the World in Eighty Days Terms

An English card game that was popular during the 18th and 19th centuries. Whist is Phileas Fogg’s favorite pastime, and he plays it both at the Reform Club in England and with partners he… read analysis of Whist

A descendent of the Zoroastrian religious sect that migrated from Persia to India during the 7th and 8th centuries A.D. Aouda and the guide are both Parsee—a connection that causes the guide to feel an… read analysis of Parsee

A Hindu priest. When Aouda is taken to be burned alive along with her dead husband (the rajah of Bundelcund) on his funeral pyre, she is led there by an elaborate procession of… read analysis of Brahmin