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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

1870 · France · Novel · ~450 pages

A professor, his servant, and a harpooner are taken captive aboard the Nautilus, a wondrous submarine commanded by the brilliant, embittered Captain Nemo, and carried on a voyage beneath every sea on earth.

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Why read it

The great undersea adventure, equal parts wonder and warning, with one of literature’s most magnetic recluses at the helm. Verne at his most visionary.

Themes
SettingThe world’s oceans, 1860s

The high age of exploration and invention, when the ocean floor was as unknown as space and a single genius might master it alone.

About the author

Jules Verne (1828–1905), the French father of science fiction, imagined submarines, moon-shots, and world-tours decades before they existed, grounding every fantasy in loving technical detail.