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.
Table of Contents:
PART I
- A Moving Rock
- For and Against
- "Just as Monsieur Pleases!"
- Ned Land
- "At a Venture"
- Full Speed
- An Unknown Species of Whale
- Mobilis in Mobile
- Ned Land's Anger
- The Man of the Sea
- The Nautilus
- Entirely by Electricity
- A Few Figures
- The Black River
- A Note of Invitation
- A Walk at the Bottom of the Sea
- A Submarine Forest
- Four Thousand Leagues Beneath the Pacific
- Vanikoro
- Torres Strait
- Some Days "Ashore"
- Captain Nemo's Lightning
- Aegri Somnia
- The Realms of Coral
PART II
- The Indian Ocean
- A Novel Proposition of Captain Nemo
- A Pearl of Ten Millions
- The Red Sea
- The Arabian Tunnel
- The Grecian Archipelago
- The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
- Vigo Bay
- A Submerged Continent
- The Submarine Coal-Fields
- The Sargasso Sea
- Cachalots and Whales
- The Icebergs
- The South Pole
- Accident or Incident?
- Want of Air
- From Cape Horn to the Amazon
- The Octopus
- The Gulf Stream
- From Latitude 47° 24' to Longitude 17° 28'
- A Hecatomb
- The Last Words of Captain Nemo
- Conclusion
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