Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea / The Mysterious Island / Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Around the World in Eighty Days

by Jules Verne

English (translation)
Original French

Genres: Classics, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Literature

1154 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1994

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

[Pixie]

I got a good third of the way through Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea before I learned that the version in this book is considered to be a very poor English translation. Fortunately, I was able to find an unabridged, professional, annotated translation, with all the original illustrations. I enjoyed it quite a lot.

[Ariane]

My fav. part in 20000LUTS is where Conseil gives up his oxygen mask for his master! Well... I mean, I really admire that part.

And I was riveted by the part where Harry gets lost in JTCE.

My fav. character in AWED is Passepartout. :)

[Saad]

mmmmmm

[for-much-deliberation ...]

This is a great collection highlighting four of Verne's adventure classics

[David Gilley]

I read these books many years ago and I loved the Mysterious Island. Jules Verne displayed his creative genius and imagination is his writings.

[Martin Mcgoey]

One of my all time favorite sci-fi novels! Best part is when they go to Atlantis.

[Mike Metcalf]

Excellent. Not quite up to "Around the World in 80 Days" but still a must read science fiction. You won't be disappointed

[Erica]

this book is cool and it talks about a girl a boy and
2 adutls the go on a cool adventure to a island

[Jenny Burridge]

Excellent.