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An underwater tour of the world by verne free ebook project gutenberg. Book titles are linked to project gutenberg which offers free etexts in a variety of formats or other online text when no project gutenberg text is available. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers 1871 french edition at the digital library of the national library of france. Pawn stars buy first edition of twenty thousand leagues. Written in 1869 it is notable, except for its plot and sciencefiction characteristics, for the writers vision of a submarine with a human crew which was, at the time it was written, pure science fiction and today it is a part of everyday life. I also note that the flag in the illustration seems narrower than 2. Grab your life vests, shmooperstheres a monster out there. Stobern sie in bestsellern als handliche pocket bookausgabe. So the guys at this pawn shop know nothing about books, but they do know when to get advice. Formats and editions of 20,000 leagues under the sea. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea version 2 jules verne 1828 1905 professor pierre aronnax is an academic whose thirst for knowledge carries him out of his ivory tower and on the trail of a mysterious sea beast. A world tour underwater is a classic science fiction adventure novel by french writer jules verne.

English only if you explicitly want to exclude works in languages other than english. Jules verne, diane flynn grund adapteran american frigate, tracking down a shipsinking monster, faces not a living creature but an incredible invention a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious captain nemo. Vingt mille lieues sous les mers 1871 french edition. This is accurately translated as twenty thousand leagues under the seas rather than the sea, as with many english editions. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea memory alpha fandom. American libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Power records 20, 000 leagues beneath the sea by jules verne. Verne and hetzel were in constant conflict and the book went through. Here is a contemporary illustration from an early edition of 20,000 leagues under the sea.

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, the mysterious island, journey to the center of the earth, around the world in eighty days by jules verne. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne. Written by jules verne in 1870, twenty thousand leagues under the sea is a book that tells us the story of three accidental visitors to an underwater world hosted by the mysterious captain nemo. Journey to the center of the earth twenty thousand leagues under the sea round the world in eighty days by jules verne.

Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides that feature detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, quotes, and essay topics. From this volume i learned that the original english translator, mercier lewis, cut a quarter of vernes text, leaving the english. I have to admit that i thought this book was a nonfiction book, but when i searched it up on wikipedia, i found out that it was a science fiction book written in 1870. Seeing the 1916 silent film in the mid 90s rekindled my interest in this book. Everyone in europe and america is talking about a mysterious creature that has been sinking ships. After tom pariss father read this novel to him, he became obsessed with stories about the ocean. Twenty thousand leagues under the seas, by jules verne. Twenty thousand leagues under the seas from project gutenberg. Project gutenberg s twenty thousand leagues under the sea. I was actually looking forward to listening to this. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea is an 1869 adventure novel by jules verne. It is most notable for replacing the character of professor aronnaxs manservant, conseil, with the professors daughter, sophie, who disguises herself as a boy so that she may.

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea kindle edition by verne, jules. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea literature project. Anyway, a customer, gary, brought in a rare book which was the aforementioned first u. Project gutenberg titles by jules verne verne, jules, 18281905 20. This onepage guide includes a plot summary and brief analysis of twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne. There are three significant translations of this book, and amazons lacklustre. The famous oceanographer, pierre aronnax, thinks that the beast is a gargantuan narwhale. Project gutenberg titles by jules verne verne, jules. Complete study guide for 20,000 leagues under the sea.

The project gutenberg ebook, 20,000 leagues under the seas, by jules verne. Power records 20, 000 leagues beneath the sea by jules. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea jules verne this e book text has been shared by project gutenberg. It scores a solid 5 on mohs scale of science fiction hardness and has a strong focus on technology, existentialism, and marine biology during a visit to america, professor aronnax, a famous french marine biologist, is invited to join a us navy expedition in the hunt for a mysterious sea monster believed to be a. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online. Its supposed to be a classic actionadventure scifi book, right.

The picture is smallish, but can be mostly made out. Treasury of illustrated classics 20,000 league under the. A mysterious beast is attacking ships the world over. Professor aronnax is an intelligent scientist in jules vernes 20,000 leagues under the sea, but he is also a raging knowitall and judgmental. Twenty thousand leagues under the seas by jules verne. Jan 9, 2014 20,000 leagues under the sea book covers. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea alternate title. Walter in 1991, made available by project gutenberg. I initially thought it would be those classic books that are boring, but it turned out to be pretty good. Although this was the standard us version for a century, buyers should know that the translation omits at least 20% of the material in the original french book by jules verne. Jules verne verne, jules, 18281905 a wikipedia article about this author is available verne, jules, 18281905. Parents need to know that next to agatha christie, jules verne is the most translated author of all time, and 20,000 leagues under the sea 1870 is probably his most popular work which means you have versions galore to choose from, depending on your kids age, interest level, and sensitivities, from fulllength annotated versions to entrylevel books that focus on the basic story. Jules verne verne, jules, 18281905 the online books page. The result will match all of the words you entered in all of the fields.

Excerpted from twenty thousand leagues under the sea on wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The project gutenberg ebook of 20000 leagues under the seas, by. Id started reading a nicely bound classic version before stumbling onto the annotated jules verne twenty thousand leagues under the sea by walter james miller in a used bookstore. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea hypertext and etext. He first conceived of adapting the jules verne novel in the 1940s, naturally thinking of making an animated feature of the story. Twenty thousand leagues under the seas is a novel written by french author jules verne in the 19th century, published from 1869 to 1871. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea audio reading twenty thousand leagues under the sea computergenerated audio. The book is rare because most of the copies were destroyed in the great boston fire of 1872, leaving only 50 or 60 in existence.