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Page Count: 272
ISBN:
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Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
While searching for a reported sea monster a
ship is attacked by the supposed beast and destroyed. The only survivors
are a French scientist, his assistant, and an impetuous ship's
harpooner. They discover the attack was not from an unknown sea creature
but a highly advanced submarine called the Nautilus. After destroying
their ship, the submarine rescues the three survivors. They find that
the Nautilus is piloted by a mysterious captain who has withdrawn
himself from the outside world to seek solitude within the ocean's
depths.
Aboard the Nautilus the survivors are kept as both prisoners and as
guests. They embark on a journey of 20,000 leagues (60,000 miles)
through the world's oceans and seas. Here they encounter a strange new
world teaming in unknown marine life and natural wonders. They discover
underwater forests, fight off an attack from a giant squid, get
imprisoned in ice at the South Pole, endure terrifying storms, survive a
war with a pack of sperm whales, and uncover sunken continents. Their
lives in danger, they seek a way to escape their underwater prison.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist who pioneered the genre of
science fiction. He maintained a large library and always kept up on
scientific and technological progress. A
true visionary with an extraordinary talent for writing adventure
stories, his writings incorporated the latest scientific knowledge of
his day and envisioned technological developments that were years ahead
of their time. Verne wrote about undersea, air, and space travel long
before any navigable or practical craft were invented. Verne, along with
H.G. Wells, is considered the "Father of Science Fiction." Verne wrote
over 50 novels and numerous short stories. Some of his most successful
novels appeared as a series collectively known as Extraordinary
Voyages. This series included such notable works as Journey to
the Center of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon
(1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869), and
Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). These timeless classics hold
the same fascination today as they did when they were first written.
Verne is one of the two most translated authors of all time. Due to the
popularity of his novels,
many of them have been made into feature length films.
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