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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Illustrated): The Classic Edition with Original Illustrations
Experience Jules Verne's legendary submarine adventure exactly as readers first discovered it in 1870—complete, unabridged, and brought to life with Milo Winter's original artwork that captured the mysterious Captain Nemo and the wonders beneath the waves.
Inside This Edition
10 Original Milo Winter Illustrations – Artwork by the celebrated illustrator known for Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, and other classic literatureComplete & Unabridged Text – Authentic translation faithfully capturing Jules Verne's original adventureReader-Friendly Layout – Perfect for adventure-loving readers, ocean enthusiasts, and classic literature loversComprehension Quiz at the End – Test your knowledge of the Nautilus and its crew after reading
About the Book
When mysterious attacks threaten ships across the oceans, French marine biologist Pierre Aronnax joins an expedition to hunt down the supposed sea monster. Instead, he discovers the Nautilus—a technologically advanced submarine commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo, a brilliant but tormented man who has rejected civilization and now roams the ocean depths. Held captive aboard this extraordinary vessel with his servant Conseil and harpooner Ned Land, Aronnax witnesses wonders few have ever underwater forests, lost continents, the ruins of Atlantis, and creatures of the deep. But as Captain Nemo's quest for knowledge darkens into a desire for revenge, the captives must decide whether to escape or remain in this magnificent underwater prison.
A treasured edition for adventure lovers, ocean enthusiasts, families building their classic literature collection, and anyone wanting to experience the visionary novel that shaped modern science fiction.
Inside This Edition
10 Original Milo Winter Illustrations – Artwork by the celebrated illustrator known for Aesop's Fables, Arabian Nights, and other classic literatureComplete & Unabridged Text – Authentic translation faithfully capturing Jules Verne's original adventureReader-Friendly Layout – Perfect for adventure-loving readers, ocean enthusiasts, and classic literature loversComprehension Quiz at the End – Test your knowledge of the Nautilus and its crew after reading
About the Book
When mysterious attacks threaten ships across the oceans, French marine biologist Pierre Aronnax joins an expedition to hunt down the supposed sea monster. Instead, he discovers the Nautilus—a technologically advanced submarine commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo, a brilliant but tormented man who has rejected civilization and now roams the ocean depths. Held captive aboard this extraordinary vessel with his servant Conseil and harpooner Ned Land, Aronnax witnesses wonders few have ever underwater forests, lost continents, the ruins of Atlantis, and creatures of the deep. But as Captain Nemo's quest for knowledge darkens into a desire for revenge, the captives must decide whether to escape or remain in this magnificent underwater prison.
A treasured edition for adventure lovers, ocean enthusiasts, families building their classic literature collection, and anyone wanting to experience the visionary novel that shaped modern science fiction.
264 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2024
About the author
Jules Verne
7,983 books12.5k 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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December 29, 2025
Fantastic! The detailed descriptions of marine creatures and plants make me feel utterly dumb (why, the English translation uses scientific names for most of the time and it was endless pain to google search each one of them so I could imagine what Professor Aronnax is talking about, that's if I was lucky to get any result at all!), but it was a fascinating adventure under the sea nonetheless. I should love to board the Nautilus one day, to roam the waters and marvel at wonders my heart content... This novel shows me the power of nature and human's imagination, comradeship, the complicated facets of human's ethical dilemmas.
What I love about Captain Nemo is, albeit his (very reasonable) hatred and contempt for human society and his fierce retaliation against his assailants, he still shares profound sympathy for the oppressed and helps them in his own way. This may sound biased but if I were Professor Aronnax, I wouldn't judge Captain Nemo's retaliation against the warship from everything I have witnessed. During their journey humans have proved their cruelty on nature—even their peers: from the massacre of whales and seals to the abhorrent colonialism. It's also worth noting that in all conflicts with other ships, the Nautilus is never the one to starts (although, I admit, she is to be blamed in the incident of the Moravian and the Scotia). First the Abraham Lincoln hunts it down for mistaking her with a giant narwhal (seriously, the monster's mysterious existence and indeliberate damages to vessels were simply the reason, oh human's arrogance), then the following vessels continue to assault her regardless of her identity as a creature or a submarine.
What I love about Captain Nemo is, albeit his (very reasonable) hatred and contempt for human society and his fierce retaliation against his assailants, he still shares profound sympathy for the oppressed and helps them in his own way. This may sound biased but if I were Professor Aronnax, I wouldn't judge Captain Nemo's retaliation against the warship from everything I have witnessed. During their journey humans have proved their cruelty on nature—even their peers: from the massacre of whales and seals to the abhorrent colonialism. It's also worth noting that in all conflicts with other ships, the Nautilus is never the one to starts (although, I admit, she is to be blamed in the incident of the Moravian and the Scotia). First the Abraham Lincoln hunts it down for mistaking her with a giant narwhal (seriously, the monster's mysterious existence and indeliberate damages to vessels were simply the reason, oh human's arrogance), then the following vessels continue to assault her regardless of her identity as a creature or a submarine.
November 2, 2024
classic!
Great fun to read it to each other in the evenings. Dynamic description! A quite well written translation from the French.
Great fun to read it to each other in the evenings. Dynamic description! A quite well written translation from the French.
May 21, 2026
On my to read list for so long now I can say I did it an i actually love it!
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