Synopses & Reviews
The "man who invented the future," French novelist Jules Verne fanned mankind's desire to explore earth's hidden territories. His prophetic 1870 adventure novel, featuring a fabulous underwater craft commanded by the brilliant and mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the deep-water submarine.
Weaving amazing scientific achievements with simple, everyday occurrences, this memorable tale brims with detailed descriptions of a futuristic vessel and bizarre scenes of life on the ocean's bottom. On-board travelers view Red Sea coral, wrecks of a historic naval battle, Antarctic ice shelves, and the fictional Atlantis. In addition, they confront a giant squid and belligerent cannibals, among other rousing adventures.
The crowning achievement of Verne's literary career, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea not only influenced H. G. Wells and future generations of writers, but also inspired numerous films.
Synopsis
The "man who invented the future," Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 adventure novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the submarine. The crowning achievement of Verne's literary career, the book influenced H. G. Wells and later generations of writers.
Table of Contents
Part One
and#160; A Shifting Reef
and#160; Two Sides of an Argument
and#160; I Make My Decision
and#160; Ned Land
and#160; The Great Adventure
and#160; Full Steam Ahead
and#160; An Unknown Species of Whale
and#160; Our New Quarters
and#160; Ned Land Attacks
and#160; The Man of the Seas
and#160; The Nautilus
and#160; The Soul of the Nautilus
and#160; Captain Nemo Explains
and#160; The Black River
and#160; A Note of Invitation
and#160; On the Bottom of the Sea
and#160; A Submarine Forest
and#160; Four Thousand Leagues under the Pacific
and#160; The Island of Vanikoro
and#160; Torres Straits
and#160; Arcadian Days on Land
and#160; Captain Nemo's Thunderbolt
and#160; Confinement
and#160; The Realm of Coral
Part Two
and#160; The Indian Ocean
and#160; The Island of Ceylon
and#160; A Pearl of Great Price
and#160; The Red Sea
and#160; Under the Isthmus
and#160; The Grecian Archipelago
and#160; The Mediterranean in Forty-eight Hours
and#160; Vigo Bay
and#160; The Lost Continent
and#160; Submarine Coal Mines
and#160; The Sargasso Sea
and#160; Cachalots and Whales
and#160; The Great Ice Barrier
and#160; The South Pole
and#160; An Overturned Mountain
and#160; A Living Tomb
and#160; From Cape Horn to the Amazon
and#160; The Poulps
and#160; The Gulf Stream
and#160; We Visit a Tomb
and#160; Human Sacrifice
and#160; Captain Nemo's Last Words
and#160; Conclusion