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.

This particular edition boasts a handsome exterior and two special essays by Matthew Booth ("The Masterpiece of the Masterpieces: An Examination of the Nautilus") and David Stuart Davies ("Jules Verne - The Founding Father of Science Fiction"). It also provides a list of principle characters in the story, a Jules Verne timeline, and a map showing the route of the Nautilus. Finally, it includes two short stories by Verne: A Winter in the Ice and Master Zacharias. It does not include illustrations, nor does it clearly state its translator.

Table of Contents:

The Masterpiece of the Masterpieces: An Examination of the Nautilus by Matthew Booth

Jules Verne - The Founding Father of Science Fiction by David Stuart Davis

Principal Characters in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

A Jules Verne Timeline

The Route of the Nautilus

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

PART ONE

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

PART TWO

1. The Indian Ocean
2. A Novel Proposal of Captain Nemo's
3. A Pearl of Ten Millions
4. The Red Sea
5. Arabian Tunnel
6. The Grecian Archipelago
7. The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
8. Vigo Bay
9. A Vanished Continent
10. The Submarine Coal Mines
11. The Sargasso Sea
12. Cachelots and Whales
13. The Iceberg
14. The South Pole
15. Accident or Incident?
16. Want of Air
17. From Cape Horn to the Amazon
18. The Poulps
19. The Gulf Stream
20. From Latitude 47° 24', to Longitude 17° 28'
21. A Hecatomb
22. The Last Words of Captain Nemo
23. Conclusion

A Winter in the Ice

Master Zacharius