20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

jules verne

When an unidentified “monster” threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the “monster” is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues—nearly 50,000 miles—that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne’s novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter’s reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.

Genres classicsscience fictionfictionadventurefantasyfranceaudiobookliteraturesteampunknovels

440 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1869

Series

Capitaine Nemo

Places

antarctica, bahamas, indian ocean, pacific ocean, atlantis, red sea, mediterranean sea,

This edition

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 2003 by IndyPublish
ISBN: 9781404340961
ASIN: 1404340963
Language: English

Characters More characters

Pierre Aronnax

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Ned Land

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Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo, also known as Prince Dakkar, is a character featured in Jules Vernes novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874).Nemo, one of the most famous antiheroes in fiction, is a mysterious figure. The s...

About the author

jules verne

Novels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).

This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).

Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."

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