20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

jules verne

When a huge, glowing sea monster attacks and wrecks several ships, Professor Arronaz joins a mission, headed by the mysterious Captain Nemo, to explore the ocean depths and suddenly finds himself a prisoner. Reprint.

Genres classicsscience fictionfictionadventurefantasyfranceaudiobookliteraturesteampunknovels

426 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1869

Series

Capitaine Nemo

Places

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

This edition

Format: 426 pages, Paperback
Published: May 1, 1992 by Apple
ISBN: 9780590451796
ASIN: 0590451790
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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