Complete Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

In an age that has seen the wildest speculations of science become reality, Jules Verne is regarded as both a technological prophet and one of the most exciting masters of imagination the world has ever known. Of all his novels, none is more compelling and thrilling than 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarine Nautilus—commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo—explores both the incredible possibilities of science and the twisted labyrinth of the human mind. The novel stands as science raised to the level of literature and remains a vivid expression of a new era of technological advancement and humanity's place within that world.

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Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology of Vingt mille lieves
Bibliography

Part I

1. A Shifting Reef
2. Pro and Con
3. Whatever Pleases Monsieur
4. Ned Land
5. The Adventure
6. At Full Steam
7. An Unknown Species of Whale
8. Mobilis in Mobili
9. Ned Land's Temper
10. The Man of the Seas
11. The Nautilus
12. All by Electricity
13. Some Figures
14. The Black Stream
15. A Note of Invitation
16. A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea
17. A Submarine Forest
18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
19. Vanikoro
20. Torres Straits
21. A Few Days on Land
22. Captain Nemo's Thunderbolt
23. "Aegri Somnia"
24. The Coral Kingdom

Part II

1. The Indian Ocean
2. A Novel Proposal of Captain Nemo
3. A Pearl of Ten Million
4. The Red Sea
5. The Arabian Tunnel
6. The Grecian Archipelago
7. The Mediterranean in Forty-eight Hours
8. Vigo Bay
9. A Vanished Continent
10. Underwater Coal Mines
11. The Sargasso Sea
12. Cachelots and Whales
13. A Wall of Ice
14. The South Pole
15. Accident or Incident?
16. Lack of Air
17. From Cape Horn to the Amazon
18. The Poulps
19. The Gulf Stream
20. At 47° 24' Latitude and 17° 20' Longitude
21. A Hecatomb
22. The Last Words of Captain Nemo
23. Conclusion