Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
A French scientist is pulled into a global underwater voyage aboard a mysterious submarine with a secretive captain.
First published 2002 · Capitaine Nemo
ClassicsScience Fiction
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Story
Ships across the world are reporting a strange sea monster, and an expedition is organized to hunt it down. A French naturalist joins the search, along with his loyal servant and a fierce harpooner, only for the hunt to end in an unexpected encounter with a remarkable submarine called the Nautilus.
Once aboard, the travelers discover that the vessel is commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo, who keeps them close while taking them on an extraordinary journey beneath the seas. As they move from one oceanic wonder to another, the story follows their observations of marine life, underwater landscapes, strange technology, and the captain’s unsettling mixture of generosity, secrecy, and control.
The voyage becomes both an adventure and a test of endurance, as the men weigh the beauty of the undersea world against their confinement and the captain’s hidden motives. Their differing responses to captivity and discovery drive the tension while the narrative withholds Nemo’s full backstory and leaves many questions unresolved.
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- Authors
- Jules Verne
- First published
- 2002
- Genres
- Classics, Science Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, France, Steampunk
- Subjects
- Toy and movable books · Fiction · Specimens · Underwater exploration · French language · Submarine boats · Translations from French · Submarines · Children's stories, French · Underwater exploration in fiction · Sea stories · Adaptations · Open Library Staff Picks · Children's stories, English · Submarinos · Science fiction · Submarines (Ships) · Adventure stories · French fiction · French Adventure stories · Juvenile fiction · Translations into English · Verne, Jules, · Ficción juvenil · Exploraciones submarinas · Long Now Manual for Civilization · Verne, Jules, (1828-1905) · Adventure and adventurers · French Science fiction · Reading Level-Grade 11 · Reading Level-Grade 10 · Reading Level-Grade 12 · Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author) · Fiction, fantasy, general · Fiction, action & adventure · Fiction, sea stories · Fiction, science fiction, general · Children's fiction · Submarines (ships), fiction · Literature and fiction, juvenile · Juvenile literature · Ship captains · Motion Pictures · Walt Disney · Movies · Adventure · Films · Disney · Classic Literature · Thriller · Science Fiction & Fantasy · Young Adult Fiction · Maritime fiction · Comics & graphic novels, science fiction · Readers · Sea · Adventure and adventurers, fiction · Readers for new literates · Romance literature · Underwater exploration, fiction · High interest-low vocabulary books · Récits de mer · Sous-marins · Romans, nouvelles · Anglais (Langue) · Lectures et morceaux choisis pour nouveaux alphabétisés · Livres de lecture facile · Illustraties · Frans
- ISBN-13
- 9780760728505
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