Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) is a classic science fiction about Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus. A group of men face a mysterious monster at the sea. They are saved from drowning but are then caught up in some of the Captain's other peculiar missions....
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Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) is a classic science fiction about Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus. A group of men face a mysterious monster at the sea. They are saved from drowning but are then caught up in some of the Captain's other peculiar missions. Scribiners wrote of Verne that ""Few writers of modern times are comparable with him for fertility of resource, ingenuity, and versatility. His inventive powers seem inexhaustible; his pen as prolific as his fancy."
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781427043894 (1427043892)
ASIN: 1427043892
Publish date: 2009-03-31
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Pages no: 544
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
Cultural,
Steampunk,
France,
Fiction
TITLE: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas AUTHOR: Jules Verne TRANSLATOR: William Butcher EDITION: Oxford World's Classics DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2009 (reissue) FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780199539277 ______________________________ Description: "French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks ...
It's cool how he used imagination and tried to keep things as scientific as possible. I'm sure this story inspired many after it. Merged review:It's cool how he used imagination and tried to keep things as scientific as possible. I'm sure this story inspired many after it.
“Under the seaUnder the seaWhen the sardineBegin the beguineIt's music to meWhat do they got? A lot of sandWe got a hot crustacean bandEach little clam hereknow how to jam hereUnder the sea”- Sebastian the groovy Caribbean CrabThe perfect soundtrack for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas really....
Once again my Classical Literature Bookclub has selected a book that I have been meaning to reread but have not been able to due to the multitude of other books on my to-read shelf (and also the fact that the copy that my Dad owns is back in Adelaide, along with the other Jules Verne books that I wo...
Those who don't know who were Jules Verne, Herbert Wells, Albert Robida etc can't fully appreciate the history and strength of the SF genre.