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.
- Edition 3: Included in the list of others from this series.
- Edition 4: c1922, editions from 1935-40. 5 illustrations.
- Edition 5: c renewal 1950, Edition of 1954. 1 color frontispiece
- Edition 6: Unknown if this came out in paperback.
Table of Contents:
PART I
The Preface
- A Shifting Reef
- Two Sides of an Argument
- I Make My Decision
- Ned Land
- The Great Adventure
- Full Steam Ahead
- An Unknown Species of Whale
- Our New Quarters
- Ned Land Attacks
- The Man of the Seas
- The Nautilus
- The Soul of the Nautilus
- Captain Nemo Explains
- The Black River
- A Note of Invitation
- On the Bottom of the Sea
- A Submarine Forest
- Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
- The Island of Vanikoro
- Torres Straits
- Arcadian Days on Land
- Captain Nemo's Thunderbolt
- Confinement
- The Realm of Coral
PART II
- The Indian Ocean
- The Island of Ceylon
- A Pearl of Great Price
- The Red Sea
- Under the Isthmus
- The Grecian Archipelago
- The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
- Vigo Bay
- The Lost Continent
- Submarine Coal Mines
- The Sargasso Sea
- Cachalots and Whales
- The Great Ice Barrier
- The South Pole
- An Overturned Mountain
- A Living Tomb
- From Cape Horn to the Amazon
- The Poulps
- The Gulf Stream
- We Visit a Tomb (At Latitude 47° 24' and Longitude 17° 28')
- Human Sacrifice (A Hecatomb)
- Captain Nemo's Last Words
- Conclusion
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