Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Verne

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World" by Jules Verne is a science fiction adventure novel serialized from March 1869 to June 1870. When ships encounter a mysterious sea monster in 1866, Professor Pierre Aronnax joins an American expedition to hunt it down. After an attack, he discovers the creature is actually a futuristic submarine called the Nautilus, commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Held captive aboard, Aronnax and his companions embark on an extraordinary underwater journey across the world's oceans, witnessing marvels and dangers beneath the waves. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Translator Walter, Frederick Paul, 1943-2024
Illustrator Winter, Milo, 1888-1956
Uniform Title Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English
Title Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World
Alternate Title 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty_Thousand_Leagues_Under_the_Seas
Reading Level Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Science fiction
Subject Submarines (Ships) -- Fiction
Subject Sea stories
Subject Adventure stories
Subject Underwater exploration -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 2488
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