Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea/Completely Restored and Annotated

by Verne, Jules

• ISBN13: 9780870216787
• ISBN10: 0870216783
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-09-01
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr

Summary

The "man who invented the future," Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 adventure novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the submarine. The crowning achievement of Verne's literary career, the book influenced H. G. Wells and later generations of writers.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Jules Verne, Man of the Twenty-first Century	vii
Terms of Measurement	xxiii
First Part
A Moving Reef	3	(8)
The Pros and Cons	11	(6)
Whatever Pleases Master	17	(6)
Ned Land	23	(7)
At Random	30	(6)
At Full Steam	36	(7)
An Unknown Species of Whale	43	(7)
Mobilis in Mobile	50	(8)
The Wrath of Ned Land	58	(5)
The Man of the Waters	63	(8)
The Nautilus	71	(6)
Everything by Electricity	77	(7)
Some Figures	84	(6)
The Black Current	90	(11)
A Letter of Invitation	101	(8)
A Walk on the Ocean Plains	109	(6)
A Submarine Forest	115	(6)
Four Thousand Leagues under the Pacific	121	(8)
Vanikoro	129	(9)
The Torres Strait	138	(6)
A Few Days on Land	144	(9)
Captain Nemo's Lightning	153	(10)
Aegri Somnia	163	(9)
The Realm of Coral	172