20 000 Leagues Under The Sea Original Book

Republished in 1871 with the subtitle of an underwater tour of the world.

20 000 leagues under the sea original book. Tour du monde sous marin is a classic science fiction adventure novel by french writer jules verne. Jules verne is considered the father of science fiction because of the power of this his most famous novel. A world tour underwater french. It tells the story of captain nemo and his submarine nautilus as seen from the perspective of professor pierre aronnax.

Government assembles an expedition in new york city to find and destroy the monster. 20 000 leagues under the sea wordsworth classics. These men who would travel twenty thousand leagues under the sea. 20 000 leagues under the sea book.

It is perhaps the most popular book of his science fiction series voyages extraordinaires 1863 1910. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea novel by jules verne first published in french as vingt mille lieues sous les mers in 1869 70. Twenty thousand leagues under the seas. For use in schools and libraries only.

This edition of 20 000 leagues under the sea includes a foreword and afterword by t. Free shipping on qualifying offers. A french league in vern s time was about four kilometers or about 2 5 miles per league. The wonders of science and nature unfold as do the personalities and desires of these men.

20 000 leagues under the sea i sailed a literary sea of science zoology marine biology history language world politcs science fiction as well as religion philosophy in the jules verne vessel 20 000 leagues under the sea. Five weeks in a balloon. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers is a classic science fiction novel by french writer jules verne published in 1870. 20 000 leagues under the sea and other classic novels is a unique compilation of six of verne s best known novels that extrapolate developing technology and scientific inquisitiveness into rousing adventures as exciting and provocative today as when they were first written.

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Read 34 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers 20 000 leagues under the sea twenty thousand leagues under the sea extraordinary voyages 6 captain nemo 1 jules verne during the year 1866 ships of various nationalities sight a mysterious sea monster which it is later suggested might be a gigantic narwhal.