20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne - Book 1, Part 1

Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Overview: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation. A deluxe octavo edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou. The book was widely acclaimed on its release and remains so; it is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Its depiction of Captain Nemo's underwater ship, the Nautilus, is regarded as ahead of its time since it accurately describes many features of today's submarines, which in the 1860s were comparatively primitive vessels. A model of the French submarine Plongeur (launched in 1863) was figured at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, where Jules Verne examined it and was inspired by it when writing his novel.

Published: 1870

Series: Voyages Extraordinaires Captain Nemo #1

List: 100 Classic Book Collection

Author: Jules Verne

Translator: Frederick Paul Walter

Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction, Travel Fiction

Episode: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne - Book 1, Part 1

Part: 1 of 3

Length Part: 4:39:02

Book: 1

Length Book: 16:46:23

Episodes: 0 - 15 of 47

Predecessor: In Search of the Castaways

Successor: Around the Moon

Narrator: Michele Fry

Language: English

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: adventure, first person narrative, marine biologist, submarine, nautilus, captain nemo, nemo, ocean, hero, giant sea squid

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