Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

by Jules Verne, Calvin Lowe (Editor)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea tells the story of three men who go to sea in search of a giant whale. They are taken prisoner on board the world's first submarine – the Nautilus. The Nautilus travels through the world's seas. The men see amazing deep-sea creatures, and they travel to remote islands.

Genres: Classics, Science Fiction

721 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1870

About the author

Novels 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."

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Reviews

[Chelsea Dyreng]

I enjoyed this book-I love sea adventure stories--but by the time I got to the end I felt like there were too many loose ends that were never resolved. (I feel the same way after LOST episodes.)

[Aruna Kumar Gadepalli]

This is the adapted version as apart of the ELT graded reader of Oxford University Press Series Dominoes. This book contains the original story in summary with activities.

[Taraneh]

کاش آخر داستان کاپیتان باز نبود. :(

[Nicole Stefanova]

I didn't expect this book to be scary. It was very fun to read. I thought the monster was only one. I like this book.

[一般樓]

故事大意如下：
This is the story of Captain Nemo and his famous submarine, the Nautilus. One day, Nemo finds three men in the cold sea. For 20,000 leagues the men live together on the Nautilus. They find a town on the sea floor, beautiful coasts and lots of gold. But they are not happy. Can they escape from Nemo’s submarine and live?
這是個虛構的科幻故事，故事背景為1866年。其中Nemo船長的潛水艇叫Nautilus(鸚鵡螺號)。後來美國第一艘核子動力潛艇即以此命名，它並於1958年穿越北極，與這個科幻故事有異曲同工之妙。
Leagues是長度單位，相當3哩。一般將這本書名翻成《海底兩萬里》。他們在海底發現的城市就是頂頂大名的ATLANTIS(亞特蘭提斯)。此外，這個節本還敘述了他們遇到巴布亞人(澳洲原住民，傳說其中的弗雷、歐洛凱瓦等族有食人習俗)，穿越南極(south pole)的經過，蠻有意思。
Nemo船長是個避世的人，他的想法是：“I love the sea! It’s our only friend. People can’t make problems for us here.”由於避世，他不肯將那意外進入的三人送回陸地，他說：“You can see a lot of interesting things. But you can never go home.”因為“We don’t want stories in the newspapers about us.”。
故事中那三個意外登上鸚鵡螺號的人，想方設法要逃離這艘潛水艇。可見，桃花源不是人人待得住的。於是我不禁在想，換做是我，能待得住嗎？

[Jennifer Robb]

My family had this book since I was a child, though I'm not sure I read it before now. I do remember my mom liked the "Captain Nemo's Submarine" ride at DisneyWorld (unfortunately no longer there).

I believe this version is adapted for younger readers and perhaps based on a Walt Disney film or short. It tells the story of a "sea monster" which turns out to be a submarine (in the days before submarines were in use). Three men are captured by Capt. Nemo and undertake several adventures before the submarine is sunk.

[Camerin]

Captain Nemo will always remain one of my favorite characters in literature. Twenty thousand leagues is one of my favorite books.

[Nick Wade]

Read this several times now and still consider it one of my favourites of all time

[Gyoji Kuniko]

It's fun. Very very fun!

[Maximus Smith]

I love when he played league of legends 20,000 times under the sea so ahead of his time i stood up and gave a standing ovocean 👏👏👏👏👏👏 bud um tss harharharhar

[Ethan Burneson]

me=nemo

[Ahmed Omer]

Who was the captain? Where was he from? And which country killed his family? Who knows the answers to these questions?

[pilar]

compared to his other books this was a bit boring but the ambiguous ending had me spiraling BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED!?!?!?!

[Oma Rudin]

I have read it. But some word I can not understand. I am still learn english. I can not think how a human body can survive in underwater of sea. I think the underwater is very cold. But I enjoy it

[Zachary]

Honestly, I think it's just me but I've read Journey to the Center of the Earth and loved it so I thought I'd give 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea a try. I was disappointed. I found the concept and the imagination incredible but the execution of it very boring. It's possible that it's a sign of the times. 20,000 was written in 1870? and I'm just not able to engage that well. I'm glad I read it but I didn't enjoy it as much as Journey...

[Richard Gray]

While the book is ostensibly an adaptation of Verne’s original, this follows the Disney film’s abbreviated adventure version of the story. As such, we get more seals and Ned Land and a hell of a lot of colour photographs from the production. Aimed at a younger audience, it lacks the sophistication of storytelling found in either the Verne book or the Fleischer production. As a souvenir from the 1950s, this is a wonderful piece of Disney memorabilia. For fans of the book or film, you’d be better off sticking with the source material. Nevertheless, it’s a fine companion, and that’s all any of us wants in life, right?

[Linh Tran]

This book is an adapted version of the original work. I like it very much. I love the illustrations.

The book is about Dr Arronax, his servant and Ned, the whaler on the Nautilus, a submarine with captain Nemo.

[TOLGANAY]

NGYIYYI

[Nani]

me ayuda a practicar mi inglés :)