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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea/Completely Restored and Annotated by Jules Verne, Walter James Miller, Frederick Paul Walter published by Naval Institute Press
Jules Verne gives us the classic tale of undersea adventure aboard the Nautilus. When a sea monster begins attacking ships, the world unites to find and destroy the unknown creature. Monsieur Aronnax joins the fight and is tossed from his boat to find himself aboard an amazing vessel. Aronnaxs underwater adventures walking on the ocean floor, pearl diving, and exploring with Captain Nemo has been adapted for young readers in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Vernes 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-8.
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Jules Verne
6,131 books11.9k followersNovels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1864) and
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873).
This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
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April 13, 2024
4.50 ⭐
GENRE - FICTION / KIDS CLASSIC / DRAMA.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea the title never seemed to intrest me I have owned this book since childhood but today I finally decided to read it.
It's a Tale of adventure about 3 men who go on search mission to catch a giant monster end up discovering that their monster is really a remarkably built steel plated Submarine.
They are later taken as prioners by a mysterious captain of the Submarine by the name Nemo,they begin a series of exciting adventures that takes them 20,000 leagues under the oceans of the world.
It a very interesting and well written book and if you love to read something that involves adventure than please definitely go ahead and read this Book.
Thank you ✌
GENRE - FICTION / KIDS CLASSIC / DRAMA.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea the title never seemed to intrest me I have owned this book since childhood but today I finally decided to read it.
It's a Tale of adventure about 3 men who go on search mission to catch a giant monster end up discovering that their monster is really a remarkably built steel plated Submarine.
They are later taken as prioners by a mysterious captain of the Submarine by the name Nemo,they begin a series of exciting adventures that takes them 20,000 leagues under the oceans of the world.
It a very interesting and well written book and if you love to read something that involves adventure than please definitely go ahead and read this Book.
Thank you ✌
October 23, 2016
আমার পড়া সবচেয়ে প্রিয় ভার্নের বই। <3
এই বই পড়ে জীবনে যে কত্ত এডভেঞ্চারের স্বপ্ন দেখেছি।
নোটিলাস কে ভালবেসে ফেলেছিলাম। যদিও প্রথমদিকে জাহাজ ধ্বংস করা জিনিসটা ভাল লাগে নি।
ক্যাপ্টেন নিমো তার নোটিলাস এর জন্য শুধুই ভালবাসা। ভার্নের কল্পনা শক্তি সত্যিই অসাধারন। একটা বন্ধ ঘরে বসে এত বিস্তৃত ভাবে কেউ এডভেঞ্চার লিখতে পারে -ব্যপারটার সত্যিই অসাধারন।
এই বই পড়ে জীবনে যে কত্ত এডভেঞ্চারের স্বপ্ন দেখেছি।
নোটিলাস কে ভালবেসে ফেলেছিলাম। যদিও প্রথমদিকে জাহাজ ধ্বংস করা জিনিসটা ভাল লাগে নি।
ক্যাপ্টেন নিমো তার নোটিলাস এর জন্য শুধুই ভালবাসা। ভার্নের কল্পনা শক্তি সত্যিই অসাধারন। একটা বন্ধ ঘরে বসে এত বিস্তৃত ভাবে কেউ এডভেঞ্চার লিখতে পারে -ব্যপারটার সত্যিই অসাধারন।
September 10, 2018
Venice read this one at school, and insisted I must read it too. She lent me her copy, and then pestered me until I was finished.
I really enjoyed this book, and was probably more excited that my 11 year old had found a book to enjoy so much she would share it with me.
I really enjoyed this book, and was probably more excited that my 11 year old had found a book to enjoy so much she would share it with me.
March 6, 2020
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was an incredible sci-fi for such a old book. I read a shortened version of the book that had less detail, but I still enjoyed the plot and the storyline. It is quite intriguing that this book was written in 1870 by Jules Verne. No wonder he is sometimes known as the “Father of Science Fiction”.
This book is focused on the bizarre adventures of the Nautilus, a sophisticated submarine that was mistaken as a sea creature by the entire world. Captain Nemo is the creator or the submarine and he uses the ship to isolate himself from humanity. Throughout this book, Captain Nemo travels around the entire globe with Professor Aronnax, his trusty servant Conseil, and Ned Land, a Canadian harpooner. The three were forced to board the Nautilus after being hurled off of the Abraham Lincoln.
I find that, often times, Professor Aronnax and Ned Land had very different attitudes towards their “new lives” on the Nautilus. Verne does a great job with differentiating their characteristics and mindset. Consequently, it makes each character stand out and mnemonic. Ned is a very impatient, ill-tempered and sometimes uncooperative person. He also has little interest to Nautilus and is desperate to escape. When the characters were trapped in one of the Nautilus’ rooms for a long time, “Land’s temper grew shorter as he grew hungrier. He ranted about being a prisoner. He shouted and yelled. He banged on the walls.” Professor Aronnax, however, is very curious and eager about the journey. He always accepts Captain Nemo’s invitations to underwater excursions because he wants to learn whatever possible from these rare occasions. In the end, when the three friends escaped in a lucky situation, Aronnax went home with tons of new knowledge, yet Ned went home with no new gain. I think the message the author is trying to get across is that your attitude towards doing things can have great impacts on you in multiple ways.
One thing that I both liked and disliked about the book was the element of mystery that implemented on the character of Captain Nemo. He has a unknown backstory that made me infer and brainstorm throughout the book. Aronnax speculated that his embarkation and departure from land was a sort of revenge. Verne also drops subtle hints in the book, such as when Nemo decided to visit the shipwreck of “The Revenge”. However, his backstory is never unveiled. I feel the book would’ve been better if it was unfolded, and the book felt unfinished without it. I feel like the ending should’ve included it, but Captain Nemo and the crew abruptly “died”.
One fun fact I found while reading the “About the Author” section was that the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine was named after the Nautilus! 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea explores a 20,000 league journey all over the globe. This book was good overall. I have a couple of other Verne books in my house, and I’m excited to read them. I would recommend this book to anyone that hasn’t read it yet.
This book is focused on the bizarre adventures of the Nautilus, a sophisticated submarine that was mistaken as a sea creature by the entire world. Captain Nemo is the creator or the submarine and he uses the ship to isolate himself from humanity. Throughout this book, Captain Nemo travels around the entire globe with Professor Aronnax, his trusty servant Conseil, and Ned Land, a Canadian harpooner. The three were forced to board the Nautilus after being hurled off of the Abraham Lincoln.
I find that, often times, Professor Aronnax and Ned Land had very different attitudes towards their “new lives” on the Nautilus. Verne does a great job with differentiating their characteristics and mindset. Consequently, it makes each character stand out and mnemonic. Ned is a very impatient, ill-tempered and sometimes uncooperative person. He also has little interest to Nautilus and is desperate to escape. When the characters were trapped in one of the Nautilus’ rooms for a long time, “Land’s temper grew shorter as he grew hungrier. He ranted about being a prisoner. He shouted and yelled. He banged on the walls.” Professor Aronnax, however, is very curious and eager about the journey. He always accepts Captain Nemo’s invitations to underwater excursions because he wants to learn whatever possible from these rare occasions. In the end, when the three friends escaped in a lucky situation, Aronnax went home with tons of new knowledge, yet Ned went home with no new gain. I think the message the author is trying to get across is that your attitude towards doing things can have great impacts on you in multiple ways.
One thing that I both liked and disliked about the book was the element of mystery that implemented on the character of Captain Nemo. He has a unknown backstory that made me infer and brainstorm throughout the book. Aronnax speculated that his embarkation and departure from land was a sort of revenge. Verne also drops subtle hints in the book, such as when Nemo decided to visit the shipwreck of “The Revenge”. However, his backstory is never unveiled. I feel the book would’ve been better if it was unfolded, and the book felt unfinished without it. I feel like the ending should’ve included it, but Captain Nemo and the crew abruptly “died”.
One fun fact I found while reading the “About the Author” section was that the world’s first operational nuclear-powered submarine was named after the Nautilus! 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea explores a 20,000 league journey all over the globe. This book was good overall. I have a couple of other Verne books in my house, and I’m excited to read them. I would recommend this book to anyone that hasn’t read it yet.
March 20, 2009
A decent read.
Starts out as a sort of mystery story, but evolves into more character-centric story.
The downsides:
- The incessant scientific descriptions of the fauna. I mean seriously, telling me a fish's full scientific classification doesn't really do anything for me.
- Pacing is a bit weird.
- Ending felt abrupt and didn't really add to the story. It felt like Verne just got tired of writing and quickly thew together a "conclusion".
- The book's protagonist is easily the second most boring character.
- I really liked where he was going with Captain Nemo, but at the end he just...stopped. I wanted to know more about that enigmatic figure.
The upsides:
- The adventure was pleasantly more diverse than I had anticipated.
- Captain Nemo was actually a pretty interesting character to me...although he wasn't fleshed out well enough, in my opinion.
- Descriptions of the tools, technology, equipment, etc were always cool. Hello Steampunk!
- I liked Ned Land. Dude wants to wreck some shit!
(Listened to it via librivox.org)
Starts out as a sort of mystery story, but evolves into more character-centric story.
The downsides:
- The incessant scientific descriptions of the fauna. I mean seriously, telling me a fish's full scientific classification doesn't really do anything for me.
- Pacing is a bit weird.
- Ending felt abrupt and didn't really add to the story. It felt like Verne just got tired of writing and quickly thew together a "conclusion".
- The book's protagonist is easily the second most boring character.
- I really liked where he was going with Captain Nemo, but at the end he just...stopped. I wanted to know more about that enigmatic figure.
The upsides:
- The adventure was pleasantly more diverse than I had anticipated.
- Captain Nemo was actually a pretty interesting character to me...although he wasn't fleshed out well enough, in my opinion.
- Descriptions of the tools, technology, equipment, etc were always cool. Hello Steampunk!
- I liked Ned Land. Dude wants to wreck some shit!
(Listened to it via librivox.org)
February 28, 2017
If you were expecting a giant sea monster you will be sorely mistaken. I honestly hated this book. The book is very slow and halfway through I was just not intrigued at all. This book would have been so much better (in my opinion) if it had been about a giant squid and not Captain Nemo and his seemingly way too large submarine. It is a very scientific book and I really wanted to enjoy it. But, by part 2 I was rolling on the floor crying not wanting to read another word of it. The characters are deep, but I had a hard time remembering each of them with complete detail. I don't recommend it at all. Go read Harry Potter.
April 26, 2016
It was ok because it talked about finding new sea monster.
February 10, 2025
People say that an intellectual, is someone like Kant, or Nietzsche, or Chesterton. I don’t think that they are intellectuals in its proper sense. Jules Verne is the intellectual. The man knows too much about too many subjects, as is evidenced in all his novels. He goes into detail about a vast variety of topics ranging from naturalist observations, to designing a hydrogen powered engine, 145 years before it came about. The book is exceptionally written and well worth reading. I highly recommend reading any of his works, but start with this.
October 6, 2015
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, is a great book with Juicy Details. I love how the seamen journey for the majestic Narwhale. The adventure they take is a thrill for me. The description of how this Narwhale looks like was vivid! As they found more places like the Lost City of Atlantis it made me excited what was next.I recommend this to Adventure Readers.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 5, 2008
Awesome!! I loved this book.
May 13, 2016
The book is about sorta about pirates and the first submarine. I liked the book because I like the classics. I would recommend this book to Edgar and Seth because they like reading books.
March 2, 2022
Technically 4.5 stars. I read it, with minor abridgments, to my six year old, who gave it 5 stars and then some.
June 1, 2023
The kids and I loved this one! They kept asking for another chapter. It was a fun read and I’ll be excited to read the full version with them someday.
May 7, 2018
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a great read for someone looking to go on an adventure. The story starts off with M. Annorax, a scientist from France who discovers reports of a mysterious creature tormenting ships in the Atlantic. The United States Navy invites M. Annorax to join the USS Abraham Lincoln in search for this mysterious beast along with his faithful servant named Conseil. They board the ship and meet a Canadian harpooner named Ned Land. For the next few weeks, they don’t see the mysterious creature as they sail along the vast Atlantic Ocean until one day they spot it. They attempt to neutralize it, and Ned Land throws a harpoon at it, but the harpoon bounces off of the skin of the creature harmlessly. The crew then discovers the skin is made of a very hard substance, perhaps metal, and the beast rams into the boat, which throws Annora and the Canadian Ned Land overboard. Conseil, being the faithful servant he is, jumps overboard to accompany his master, where they float for a few hours before being picked up by a submarine called the Nautilus. They sit in a dark room until morning, which is when the captain introduces himself. He doesn’t seem to understand they are saying so they speak in French, German, and Latin until Captain Nemo speaks in English having originally understood the story. He avoids the world because of how terrible civilization has become and lives on his submarine instead. Captain Nemo brings them on his grand adventure of the world and exploring the great ocean. He brings them along to loot sunken Spanish Galleons filled with gold, explore new areas, and find new tribes not touched by human civilization. However, while sailing near England, Captain Nemo becomes the target of an unknown ship, where to Annorax’s horror, he sinks to get revenge on all of the people that took away his family and life. Recently, the 3 newcomer have wanted to escape the ship to get away from the slightly insane Nemo and go back to the world. The Nautilus then encounters a deadly vortex of water known as the Maelstrom, and the 3 manage to jump ship, and eventually wake up in a cabin in Norway.
This book follows the themes of exploration and trying new things, such as using deep sea suits to explore outside the ship for hours on end. However, the story also follows the wrongs of humanity which is expressed by Captain Nemo in the form of misanthropy and his hate for humans, and because of this, seeks revenge.
This book was a very creative read for myself because it was super imaginative and flowed the themes of exploration, but also did a good job of exploring the wrongs of humanity and Captain Nemo avoiding humans. This book was a great read and I would highly recommend it to anyone up for the challenge.
This book follows the themes of exploration and trying new things, such as using deep sea suits to explore outside the ship for hours on end. However, the story also follows the wrongs of humanity which is expressed by Captain Nemo in the form of misanthropy and his hate for humans, and because of this, seeks revenge.
This book was a very creative read for myself because it was super imaginative and flowed the themes of exploration, but also did a good job of exploring the wrongs of humanity and Captain Nemo avoiding humans. This book was a great read and I would highly recommend it to anyone up for the challenge.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 4, 2025
[If you want the audiobook, Harlan Ellison makes a perfect narrator for this book, full of bombastic enthusiasm.]
A fun adventure, full of idealistic exploration and, nearing the end, a touch of Shakespearean tragedy. I do think that Verne is far more interested in the scientific wonders of the sea and the technology that might power the Nautilus than he is in the humanity of his characters or in the plot, but Captain Nemo does stand out as a fascinating and passionate character full of contradictions and mysteries. On the other hand, it feels odd that his crew remain nameless and nearly faceless, with no mention at all of their personalities, living quarters, or interactions beyond their obedience to their captain; odd especially because our protagonists must necessarily have many interactions with them over the seven month voyage, yet these go unmentioned! Oh well. The focus is on Nemo and the Nautilus, and they are enough to sustain this book.
A fun adventure, full of idealistic exploration and, nearing the end, a touch of Shakespearean tragedy. I do think that Verne is far more interested in the scientific wonders of the sea and the technology that might power the Nautilus than he is in the humanity of his characters or in the plot, but Captain Nemo does stand out as a fascinating and passionate character full of contradictions and mysteries. On the other hand, it feels odd that his crew remain nameless and nearly faceless, with no mention at all of their personalities, living quarters, or interactions beyond their obedience to their captain; odd especially because our protagonists must necessarily have many interactions with them over the seven month voyage, yet these go unmentioned! Oh well. The focus is on Nemo and the Nautilus, and they are enough to sustain this book.
November 8, 2025
This was a very sweet and simple adventure book! I have to admit I only read this after reading All The Light We Cannot See, and feeling Marie-Laure’s love for this book every time she spoke of it. This is definitely a must for young children, and it was a great read as an adult too. Seeing how Verne literally invented all of these things before it was even theoretically possible was fascinating!
September 23, 2025
Fajnie się czytało po angielsku dzięki prostemu słownictu i intrygującej postaci kapitana Nemo
Lekkie i przyjemne
Lekkie i przyjemne
June 9, 2025
Završi bedasto
September 2, 2025
The constant recitation of the plants and animals the narrator encountered in the depths of the ocean gets a bit tiresome, but overall this is a really good classic adventure story. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this book.
December 24, 2017
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Glad that I got to know this story. ***
The title is not referring to a depth but rather to the distance traveled under the sea. The French title suggests 'seas' as in 'seven seas'.
Interesting phrases:
“Vestry” room within the 'submarine' vehicle.
Kangaroos on Papua?
“Savages”?.. “Bipeds faculty”?
“You're familiar with the composition of salt water. In 1,000 grams one finds 96.5% water and about 2.66% sodium chloride; then small quantities of magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium bromide, sulfate of magnesia, calcium sulfate, and calcium carbonate. Hence you observe that sodium chloride is encountered there in significant proportions. Now then, it's this sodium that I extract from salt water and with which I compose my electric cells.”
“Ned Land was soon asleep, and what astonished me was that Conseil went off into a heavy slumber. I was thinking what could have caused his irresistible drowsiness, when I felt my brain becoming stupefied. In spite of my efforts to keep my eyes open, they would close. A painful suspicion seized me. Evidently soporific...”
Intense when Captain Nemo rams the other ship, “I am the law, I am the justice […] I am the oppressed, and they are the oppressor! It is because of them that everything I loved, cherished, venerated—country, wife, children, parents—perished as I watched! Everything I hate is there! Keep quiet!”
Watching through the window - “disaster porn”!
“The water was rising. Those poor men leaped upinto the shrouds, clung to the masts, writhed beneath the waters. It was ahuman anthill that an invadingsea had caught by surprise! Paralyzed, rigid with anguish, myhair standingon end,my eyes popping outof myhead, short ofbreath, suffocating, speechless...”
Nemo is described as an “archangel of hate.”
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Glad that I got to know this story. ***
The title is not referring to a depth but rather to the distance traveled under the sea. The French title suggests 'seas' as in 'seven seas'.
Interesting phrases:
“Vestry” room within the 'submarine' vehicle.
Kangaroos on Papua?
“Savages”?.. “Bipeds faculty”?
“You're familiar with the composition of salt water. In 1,000 grams one finds 96.5% water and about 2.66% sodium chloride; then small quantities of magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, magnesium bromide, sulfate of magnesia, calcium sulfate, and calcium carbonate. Hence you observe that sodium chloride is encountered there in significant proportions. Now then, it's this sodium that I extract from salt water and with which I compose my electric cells.”
“Ned Land was soon asleep, and what astonished me was that Conseil went off into a heavy slumber. I was thinking what could have caused his irresistible drowsiness, when I felt my brain becoming stupefied. In spite of my efforts to keep my eyes open, they would close. A painful suspicion seized me. Evidently soporific...”
Intense when Captain Nemo rams the other ship, “I am the law, I am the justice […] I am the oppressed, and they are the oppressor! It is because of them that everything I loved, cherished, venerated—country, wife, children, parents—perished as I watched! Everything I hate is there! Keep quiet!”
Watching through the window - “disaster porn”!
“The water was rising. Those poor men leaped upinto the shrouds, clung to the masts, writhed beneath the waters. It was ahuman anthill that an invadingsea had caught by surprise! Paralyzed, rigid with anguish, myhair standingon end,my eyes popping outof myhead, short ofbreath, suffocating, speechless...”
Nemo is described as an “archangel of hate.”
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July 4, 2017
What is there not to say about a Jules Verne book? The guy has a wonderful imagination and yet he does a great job in balancing out his stories so it doesn't lean too much into disbelief that the reader is just lost in the sci-fi aspect of it. In this particular case the ballast on this particular book are the "marine" facts that are provided by the protagonist.
Like most of the older books that are considered there isn't much build-up of the characters, especially when it comes to the secondary characters. There always seems to be the ambivalent protagonist, his always loyal servant/friend, the one guy who can never be happy how he is treated and the bad guy who may actually not be so bad after all. And then of course the collection of secondary characters that are used for bait.
Unfortunately for me I didn't like the idea of the crew of the Nautilus going after the sperm whales even if they were to save the black whales (and from what I could find when looking up I haven't seen sperm whales attacking any other type of whales except orcas which prey on them). But then the type of information they had back then isn't what we have now and for the author to have claimed a giant narwhale had caused the damage was laughable but understandable in a sense to their eyes.
With this particular book there is something for everyone - adventure/action, nostalgia, wonder-inspiring fantasy, sci-fi and good old fighting if you are into the type. Even so I would suggest that this book is for older readers and up to parental discretion since there are some gruesome scenes found within the pages. Yet all in all it is a wonderful read....
~A Book With A Number In the Title~
Like most of the older books that are considered there isn't much build-up of the characters, especially when it comes to the secondary characters. There always seems to be the ambivalent protagonist, his always loyal servant/friend, the one guy who can never be happy how he is treated and the bad guy who may actually not be so bad after all. And then of course the collection of secondary characters that are used for bait.
Unfortunately for me I didn't like the idea of the crew of the Nautilus going after the sperm whales even if they were to save the black whales (and from what I could find when looking up I haven't seen sperm whales attacking any other type of whales except orcas which prey on them). But then the type of information they had back then isn't what we have now and for the author to have claimed a giant narwhale had caused the damage was laughable but understandable in a sense to their eyes.
With this particular book there is something for everyone - adventure/action, nostalgia, wonder-inspiring fantasy, sci-fi and good old fighting if you are into the type. Even so I would suggest that this book is for older readers and up to parental discretion since there are some gruesome scenes found within the pages. Yet all in all it is a wonderful read....
~A Book With A Number In the Title~
August 15, 2021
So I had to read this for school and was not excited to read it, but it wasn't that bad. I wish it got more into Captain Nemo's back story, but we got to know some of it. I was so mad at Aronnax for wanting to stay on the Nautilus. I agreed with Ned pretty much the whole time about wanting to escape. I would too if I was taken prisoner in submarine and would never see any my friends or family again. Not to mention never setting foot on land again. I didn't like the end though. It was so much danger and hype and it looked impossible to survive, and it was just 🎶"Oooh, I'm unconscious! Wait, I'm still alive! Let's never explain how I'm still alive!"🎶 (Not a real song) I don't know it seemed like anytime there was impossible odds and no chance of survival, Aronnax fell unconscious, and everything was fine when he woke up. It seemed like an excuse for the author not having to write a conclusion to the problem. Like how on earth did they live through that deadly whirlpool?!?! It just seemed to far fetched at that point in the book. Maybe the ending was cut short cause this edition is abridged or something. But the book was good except for its lack of explanation. Overall, 2 🌟.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 11, 2015
Somewhere in the back of my mind was this idea I didn't like Jules Verne...but this is only the second book I've read, and a few chapters in, I was loving it. He writes so real. I loved the bit at the beginning about atmospheric pressure per square inch of the body, how the relationship is exponential, how and why you're not aware of it, and how the compounding of it beneath the pressure of the water. Science is intoxicating when I know I won't be tested on it or need to prove application! It did get a little into the weeds with technicalities, but I still enjoyed it for the most part. Captain Nemo fascinated me, and I'm glad that he showed some human qualities. I was ready to be done by the end, but it was a fun read. I felt like this was kind of like Around the World in 80 Days - the marine version.
October 12, 2016
The name of the author is Jules Verne and the title of the book is 20000 leagues under the sea. The book is fiction as a giant mechanical squid is included in the book. I chose to read this book because my mother recommended it to me
The story is about a man who finds a mysterious captain operating a giant mechanical squid. The story takes place in the ocean. The main characters are the captain and the leader of the story which is spoken from first person. The captains name is Captain Nemo.
The plot was very exiting as I like underwater adventures. The charecters seemed real because they were described very well. The story made me think about if maybe we might own giant mechanical squids. I recommend the age for the book to be 10 - 12. I think this book deserves a 4/5
The story is about a man who finds a mysterious captain operating a giant mechanical squid. The story takes place in the ocean. The main characters are the captain and the leader of the story which is spoken from first person. The captains name is Captain Nemo.
The plot was very exiting as I like underwater adventures. The charecters seemed real because they were described very well. The story made me think about if maybe we might own giant mechanical squids. I recommend the age for the book to be 10 - 12. I think this book deserves a 4/5
March 27, 2014
The hallmark of a classic story is to be able to enchant readers across generations. Verne has certainly achieved this with 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I never read this book as a child (or even saw any of the movies). I suspect I would have found the vocabulary too difficult, especially the names of all the marine life. The characters are all so very interesting. I particularly am inspired by Conseil, the role he plays as Aronnax's sidekick...respectful, helpful, but a lot too him beyond that of Aronnax's foil. Lots to learn here in terms of writing craft. Captain Nemo's character is masterful. Unpredictable, forceful, provocative.
April 12, 2019
This adaptation for younger readers keeps the sense of adventure and wonder from the original novel. That is very difficult to do with an author like Verne, but Ms. Vogel does an excellent job with it here. The story has been adapted into film at least three or four times, but this telling of Professor Arronax, Conseil, and Ned Land has a charm all of its own.
Their encounter and forced journey with Captain Nemo is legendary in science fiction. If you haven't read any version of the book before, this is a good place to start as a quick read for adults and an excellent story for kids.
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Their encounter and forced journey with Captain Nemo is legendary in science fiction. If you haven't read any version of the book before, this is a good place to start as a quick read for adults and an excellent story for kids.
Find it! Buy it! Read it!
November 30, 2014
This is a great science fiction story that is a classic all on it's own. I love the oddity and suspense behind Captain Nemo, and how this story unfolds. One of the best science fiction books I read growing up as a child, and would definitely read to my children in the future. This shows the twists and turns behind explorer's diving into the deep blue sea a very long time ago, and the story they unfold is so great. Judith Conaway does an amazing job with this story.
May 6, 2016
This book is about three men that get captured by captain Nemo, they did most things in the sea but the men were planning to escape sooner than later. This book was amazing because of the part where they were inside Captian Nemo's submarine. I would recommend this book to someone who is interested in captain Nemo
January 23, 2018
I now finished the book and in the end captain finds the sea monster and everyone ends in the story safely. Overall this book was very boring because the same things kept on happening over again and nothing interesting happened it was always just set at the boat finding the monster and it didn’t entertain me that much.
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