Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Vintage Classics)

Author(s): Jules Verne

Classics

Professor Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down and destroy a menacing sea monster. However, he discovers that the beast is metal - it is a giant submarine called the Nautilus built by the renegade scientist Captain Nemo.


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Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in the city of Nantes, France . He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island and Around the World in Eighty Days. Verne is often referred to as the 'Father of science fiction' because he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before aeroplanes, spacecrafts and submarines were invented. He died in 1905.

General Fields

  • : 9780099528531
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Vintage Classics
  • : January 2011
  • : July 2011
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jules Verne
  • : Paperback