Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

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:

Translator's Note
Cast of Characters
List of Illustrations

PART ONE

1. A Shifting Reef
2. Pro and Con
3. Whatever Pleases Monsieur
4. Ned Land
5. On an 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 River
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"—Bitter Dreams
24. 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. The Arabian Tunnel
6. The Grecian Archipelago
7. Across the Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
8. Vigo Bay
9. A Vanished Continent
10. The Submarine Coal Mines
11. The Sargasso Sea
12. Cachalots and Baleen Whales
13. The Ice Shelf
14. The South Pole
15. Accident or Incident?
16. Want of Air
17. From Cape Horn to the Amazon
18. The Squids
19. The Gulf Stream
20. At Latitude 47° 24' and Longitude 17° 28'
21. A Hecatomb
22. The Last Words of Captain Nemo
23. Conclusion

Afterword