Aouda Character Analysis in Around the World in Eighty Days

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:

“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), Aouda, Jean Passepartout, The Guide, Kiouni

Page Number and Citation: 38

Explanation and Analysis:

After their train must stop due to an unfinished railway line, Fogg, Passepartout and Sir Francis are led on and elephant through the Indian jungle by a local guide. As they make their way to Allahabad, they happen to see a young woman (whom the reader later finds out is named Aouda) being led by a procession of Brahmins to be burned alive at a Hindu ceremony called a suttee. When Fogg suggests that they stop and take the time to save Aouda from her death, Sir Francis is surprised. His reaction reinforces the characterization of Fogg that Verne has Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Elig

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: Jean Passepartout, Phileas Fogg, Aouda, Sir Francis Cromarty, The Guide, Kiouni

Page Number and Citation: 39

Explanation and Analysis:

As Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis, and the guide travel through the jungle on the back of Kiouni the elephant, Fogg suggests that they stop to rescue Aouda from being burned alive in a religious ceremony. Passepartout, like Sir Francis, is surprised and Fogg’s willingness to put his time (and, thus, his likelihood of winning the wager) on the line in order to save her. Passepartout’s immediate enthusiasm Fogg’s plan proves how loyal and devout he is as Fogg servant; he, like his master, is willing to forgo his obsession with time and control in order to do what he and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum volupt

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

Related Characters: Phileas Fogg (speaker), Aouda, Jean Passepartout, Sir Francis Cromarty, The Guide, Kiouni

Page Number and Citation: 41

Explanation and Analysis:

Although Fogg, Passepartout, Sir Francis, and the guide are committed to saving Aouda from her captors, they fail to gain access into the pagoda of Pillaji where she is being kept. While the other men are frustrated with themselves and distraught about Aouda’s fate, Fogg maintains his signature calm, logical attitude. His optimistic reassurance that the seemingly lost chance of saving Aouda may come about unexpectedly shows that Fogg, unlike other characters in the novel, is willing to put his faith in chance and uncertainty. The reader knows from previous chapters, however, that Fogg is obsessed with order; his willingness Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est.

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: Aouda, Phileas Fogg, Jean Passepartout

Page Number and Citation: 106

Explanation and Analysis:

After a band of Sioux Indians overtake the train that Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix are taking from Oakland, California to Omaha, Nebraska, they take Passepartout as a prisoner. Leaving Aouda and Fix to stay at the train station, Fogg courageously goes after the Sioux to save Passepartout from his captors, and Aouda reflects on the situation while she waits. Her admiration of Fogg shows that she has developed genuine care for him (beyond mere gratitude) since he saved her from her captors in India; the journey she has taken with Fogg and his companions since then has allowed for Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molesti

“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 and Citation: 125

Explanation and Analysis:

After being wrongly arrested and imprisoned at the Custom House in Liverpool, Fogg believes that he has lost his wager. He, Aouda, and Passepartout return to Fogg’s home in Saville Row, London, where Aouda is troubled by the solitary life to which Fogg has returned. Her attitude in this passage reflects one of Verne’s core underlying messages throughout the novel: that human connection is more important than wealth and reputation, and that being vulnerable and open to new people and experiences is more valuable than trying to maintain perfect control and stability in one’s life. It is particularly significant that Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut ali

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

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Page Number and Citation: 130

Explanation and Analysis:

After Fogg and Passepartout realize the mistake they made in calculating their time lost and gained throughout the journey around the world, Fogg is able to win his wager at the last moment. After this victory, he and Aouda are married. Although Fogg took on the wager simply to prove himself to his friends at the Reform Club, his travels end up being meaningful not because of the physical feat he was able to accomplish, but because the adventure he undertook allowed him to forge new friendships (particularly with Passepartout) and to cross paths with Aouda. Fogg’s serendipitous relationship and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitati

Aouda Character Timeline in Around the World in Eighty Days

The timeline below shows where the character Aouda appears in Around the World in Eighty Days. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

...since she, like him, is a Parsee. He tells them that the woman’s name is Aouda and that she is the English-educated, orphaned daughter of a wealthy Bombay merchant. After her... (full context)

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The men discuss how to gain access to the pagoda of Pillaji, where Aouda is being held for the night. They decide to remove bricks from the back wall... (full context)

In the morning, Aouda is brought to the funeral pyre and laid next to the rajah’s corpse to be... (full context)

Just then, the rajah rises like a ghost, seizes Aouda, and disappears with her in the midst of the smoke. He approaches Fogg, Sir Francis,... (full context)

As Kiouni carries the men and Aouda through the forest, Sir Francis tells Fogg that Aouda must leave India forever in order... (full context)

...guide and gives him Kiouni as a gesture of gratitude. On the train to Benares, Aouda fully recovers and is grateful when Sir Francis tells her about how they saved her.... (full context)

Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda arrive in Calcutta on October 25th, neither behind nor ahead of schedule. Although they have... (full context)

As Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda are leaving the train station in Calcutta, a police officer approaches them and takes them... (full context)

Detective Fix follows Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda onto the Rangoon in hopes of arresting Fogg in Hong Kong—the last English territory that... (full context)

The storm eventually clears up, and Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix arrive in Hong Kong. Fogg finds out that the steamer to Yokohama happened... (full context)

...Passepartout does not appear to answer his bell. Detective Fix informs him that he and Aouda missed the Carnatic, the ship having left earlier than its original departure time after its... (full context)

Detective Fix joins Fogg and Aouda on John Bunsby’s pilot-boat, the Tankadere, to Shanghai. At Fogg’s urging, Bunsby drives the boat... (full context)

Fogg and Aouda believe that Passepartout must have embarked on the Carnatic without them, and hope that they... (full context)

...about Detective Fix’s revelation. Passepartout is even more distressed when he learns that Fogg and Aouda are not on the Carnatic and realizes Fix’s plan of getting him intoxicated so that... (full context)

...the other acrobats at the bottom of a “human pyramid” when he sees Fogg and Aouda in the crowd and exclaims, “Ah my master! My master!” In his excitement, Passepartout causes... (full context)

Aouda tells Passepartout how she, Fogg, Detective Fix, and John Bunsby caught the attention of the... (full context)

...instead blaming himself for getting drunk at the tavern in Hong Kong. Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda board the General Grant steamer for San Francisco among a diverse array of passengers. Aouda... (full context)

As he, Fogg, and Aouda ride in a carriage to the International Hotel in San Francisco, Passepartout curiously observes the... (full context)

As Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix walk around San Francisco, they happen upon a rowdy political rally where two... (full context)

On the train ride from Oakland, California to Omaha, Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix look out at the varied landscape of prairies, mountains, and creeks that make... (full context)

...and Detective Fix are both impatient and weary of delays as the train continues on. Aouda realizes that Colonel Stamp Proctor, the man who insulted Fogg in San Francisco, is also... (full context)

Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix continue to play whist. Suddenly, Colonel Stamp Proctor appears and makes himself known... (full context)

...the conflict, none were killed. As the Sioux disappear toward the Republican River, Fogg promises Aouda that he will risk everything to find Passepartout, “living or dead.” At Fogg’s request, Detective... (full context)

As Aouda and Fix wait at the station, the engineer arrives in the engine that Passepartout detached... (full context)

Since the journey will be extremely cold and arduous, Fogg suggests that Passepartout and Aouda should stay behind in Fort Kearny and find a more comfortable way to get back... (full context)

Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix endure the bitterly cold journey to Omaha. They arrive at the station just... (full context)

Fogg, Passepartout, Aouda, and Fix embark on the Henrietta an hour later, and by the next day Fogg... (full context)

...hesitates, perhaps having changed his mind about “his man.” Instead, he follows Fogg, Passepartout, and Aouda on the train to Dublin and then onto the steamer bound for Liverpool. When they... (full context)

Fogg is imprisoned at the Custom House in Liverpool. Aouda is distraught, and Passepartout again blames himself for Fogg’s misfortune since he knew Detective Fix’s... (full context)

...Fogg is free. Fogg hits Fix, knocking him to the ground, and he, Passepartout, and Aouda rush to the train station and order a special train for 3:00 P.M. Although it... (full context)

...he bears the loss “with his habitual tranquility” back at home in Saville Row. Still, Aouda and Passepartout are too worried about him to sleep that night. The next morning, Passepartout... (full context)

Fogg asks Aouda to forgive him for bringing her to England, since he had counted on giving her... (full context)

Fogg’s expression is uncharacteristically emotional, and he accepts Aouda’s proposal and tells her that he loves her. Fogg summons Passepartout, who can immediately tell... (full context)

Two days later, on Monday, Fogg and Aouda are married. Having saved her life in India, Passepartout is granted the honor of giving... (full context)

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Aouda Character Timeline in Around the World in Eighty Days