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Age and build

approximately forty years old with tall, well-shaped figure

“a man about forty years of age, with fine, handsome features, and a tall, well-shaped figure” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 2)

Face and hair

light hair and whiskers, compact unwrinkled forehead, pale face, magnificent teeth

“his hair and whiskers were light, his forehead compact and unwrinkled, his face rather pale, his teeth magnificent” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 2)

head resembles Byron's, bearded and tranquil

“he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but he was a bearded, tranquil Byron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

clear eye and expression of repose in action

“His countenance possessed in the highest degree what physiognomists call “repose in action,” a quality of those who act rather than talk. Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 2)

Dress

wardrobe systematically organized by season and numbered

“Each pair of trousers, coat, and vest bore a number, indicating the time of year and season at which they were in turn to be laid out for wearing; and the same system was applied to the master’s shoes” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 2)

polished man of the world in appearance

“he was a polished man of the world” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

Voice and speech

speaks little, low tone, calm and measured

“It was Phileas Fogg, whose head now emerged from behind his newspapers, who made this remark. He bowed to his friends, and entered into the conversation” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 3)

does not betray emotion through voice or manner

“The phlegmatic gentleman listened to her, apparently at least, with coldness, neither his voice nor his manner betraying the slightest emotion” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 16)

speaks solemnly about serious matters

“A true Englishman doesn’t joke when he is talking about so serious a thing as a wager,” replied Phileas Fogg, solemnly” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 3)

Signature words

uses 'very well' to acknowledge or accept

“Very well, young man,” returned Mr. Fogg, coolly” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 4)

uses 'all included' to confirm comprehensive arrangements

“All included,” returned Phileas Fogg, continuing to play despite the discussion” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 3)

uses 'calmly' as adverb describing his manner

“The unforeseen does not exist,” quietly replied Phileas Fogg” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 3)

uses 'simply' to express straightforward statements

“I love you!” he said, simply. “Yes, by all that is holiest, I love you, and I am entirely yours” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 35)

uses 'it is my duty' as justification for action

“But as he thought, “It is my duty,” he did not hesitate” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 30)

Gait and mannerisms

sits with military posture, feet together, hands on knees, body straight

“Phileas Fogg was seated squarely in his armchair, his feet close together like those of a grenadier on parade, his hands resting on his knees, his body straight, his head erect” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

takes hat with automatic motion without speaking

“Phileas Fogg got up, took his hat in his left hand, put it on his head with an automatic motion, and went off without a word” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

walks with regular step in entrance hall or gallery

“When he chose to take a walk it was with a regular step in the entrance hall with its mosaic flooring, or in the circular gallery with its dome” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

makes only one rapid motion in his life when striking Fix

“with the only rapid motion he had ever made in his life, or which he ever would make, drew back his arms, and with the precision of a machine knocked Fix down” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 34)

Strengths

exactitude personified, perfectly regulated like a chronometer

“Phileas Fogg was, indeed, exactitude personified, and this was betrayed even in the expression of his very hands and feet” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 2)

calm and composed under all circumstances

“Always the same impassible member of the Reform Club, whom no incident could surprise, as unvarying as the ship’s chronometers” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 9)

resourceful in finding means of transport and paying for solutions

“a bet of twenty thousand pounds was at stake, that the elephant was absolutely necessary to him, and that he would secure him if he had to pay twenty times his value” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 11)

skilled sailor capable of commanding a vessel

“It was very clear, to see Mr. Fogg manage the craft, that he had been a sailor” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 33)

willing to sacrifice fortune and life for duty

“I will find him, living or dead,” said he quietly to Aouda” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 30)

Flaws

avoids attracting attention and seems to avoid human connection

“he seemed always to avoid attracting attention; an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

shows no curiosity about foreign lands or natural beauty

“being one of those Englishmen who are wont to see foreign countries through the eyes of their domestics” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 7)

initially appears heartless and incapable of emotion

“questioned himself whether a human heart really beat beneath this cold exterior, and whether Phileas Fogg had any sense of the beauties of nature” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 11)

treats Aouda with mechanical precision rather than warmth

“He treated her with the strictest politeness, but with the precision of an automaton, the movements of which had been arranged for this purpose” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 16)

Traits

enigmatical and mysterious, little known despite being prominent

“an enigmatical personage, about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

solitary existence with no family, relatives, or close friends

“Phileas Fogg was not known to have either wife or children, which may happen to the most honest people; either relatives or near friends, which is certainly more unusual” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

charitable, winnings from whist reserved for charity

“his winnings never went into his purse, being reserved as a fund for his charities” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

plays whist not to win but for the struggle itself

“Mr. Fogg played, not to win, but for the sake of playing. The game was in his eyes a contest, a struggle with a difficulty” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 1)

perfectly self-composed and impassible even under arrest

“Phileas Fogg was in prison. He had been shut up in the Custom House, and he was to be transferred to London the next day” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 34)

capable of deep feeling beneath cold exterior

“There was an unwonted light in his eyes, and a slight trembling of his lips” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 35)

Lines in their own words

declares his wager with absolute certainty

“I will bet twenty thousand pounds against anyone who wishes that I will make the tour of the world in eighty days or less” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 3)

dismisses the unexpected with philosophical acceptance

“It is an accident, madam; nothing more” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 20)

arrives at the Reform Club at the precise moment of victory

“Here I am, gentlemen” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 36)

reflects on the true value of his journey

“But if I had not crossed India, I should not have saved Aouda; she would not have been my wife, and” (Around The World In Eighty Days, part 37)