Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas

First published in 1869, translated by F.P. Walter in 1873.

20,000 Leagues Under the Seas is about the adventures of Captain Nemo and his crew aboard the submarine, Nautilus. One day ships start sinking, particularly ones dealing with war. Survivors think it is a big whale. A harpoon ship goes out to kill it, but finds out that the whale is actually the Nautilus.

The most interesting part of this book was probably the Nautilus itself. It is shaped to look like a fish, with a large metal fin on top used to ram and sink the ships. The camouflage of the boat being shaped like a whale works, up until the part where the Nautilus takes on a few passengers from one of the sinking ships.

Another intriguing part of this book was Captain Nemo. He is the kind of character that you neither like nor dislike. I say this, because of some of Nemo’s actions. Captain Nemo hates war, and throughout the book, he uses his submarine to destroy all kinds of war related ships. You would like him for trying to put an end to war, but dislike his method (destroying ships and killing innocent lives).

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Can't remember the name of a book

I've been racking my brain all day trying to remember the name of a book that I wanted to read. It was about a submarine that goes into the ocean and discovers atlantis or something along those lines. I think it had a number in the title, like "10 000 below" or something, but I can't remember the exact title. Any help would be appreciated.

Posted By JacobF at Tue 19 Aug 2008, 9:39 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 6 Replies

Where's the "Temple of Hercules"

At the end of part 2, chapter VII, the book says " I caught a fleeting glimpse of the memorable temple of Hercules, submerged, as we are told by Pliny and Avianus". Does anybody know which temple was that? Haven't found anything about it..

Posted By Alan McG at Fri 19 Oct 2007, 4:33 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 0 Replies

What next?

I just read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and I really liked it. I kind of got lost in the classifying sometimes, but I loved reading about all the different underwater cultures the Nautilus encountered. The ending left me wanting more. This is the first book I've read by Jules Verne... which one should I read next?

Posted By Conseil at Wed 25 Apr 2007, 6:49 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 1 Reply

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (? or !)

As many of you probably know I started the Animal Farm thread. Now, I ask you the same thing about 20,000 Leagues. It is very boring :redface: so far and I feel he uses to many big words that are not needed:confused: . Help me again to stay away from the Spark Notes. What do you think of the book?"

Posted By hockeychick8792 at Tue 27 Mar 2007, 8:36 AM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 7 Replies

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I thought this book was very interesting throughout except for the long classifying but that can also be interesting depending on where they were. The only thing I did not like was the fact that you had to read another book to see more about captain Nemo(mysterious Island). Overall I rate it as a 9.

Posted By Pennington at Tue 24 May 2005, 5:07 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 0 Replies

This Book

This book met all my expectations, which were very high. For a man to vividly describe wonders not even bothered to be researched even by the US Navy. is utterly superb. I see most people do bore with many of the animalia classifications, but isn't that just what the ocean is? I am twenty two years old and haven't read this book for any reason beyond the chase of knowledge, and i must say, i am now a deity compared to what I knew before. The ending was no less magnificent, and only fitting. Maybe one day a author can take up where Verne left off, almost utterly impossible, but how much depths were unexplored, even in the book?

Posted By Matthew at Tue 24 May 2005, 5:07 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 0 Replies

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I thought the book was great! A real thought provoker. You actually had to think about what the author is saying instead of just mindlessly reading through. I think it is definitely one of the best books ever written by man.

Posted By Kelsey at Tue 24 May 2005, 5:07 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 0 Replies

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It's the best book I've ever read. It's very interesting (first few chapters may be a bit borning, anyway). And there are more interesting details ;)

Posted By Mystery at Tue 24 May 2005, 5:07 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 0 Replies

jules verne

I thought 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was a great book! Like
his book about the moon, I wonder if Verne accurately describes what the
bottom of the ocean is like. I don't know much about the oceans and seas of
the world, so is there any proof that Verne predicts what the bottom of the
oceans looked like before the development of technology to go to those depths. And are their secret societies of people like Nemo and the scientist
in to Journey to the Center of The Earth, who explore the hollow earth clandestine, perhaps like Nemo, not letting people know about their wherabouts. He predicted many things, like Life in Paris in the 20th
century, and his predictions of life now is accurate. Thanks!

Posted By denise at Tue 24 May 2005, 5:07 PM in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea || 0 Replies

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Fantastic! I can still recall the time that I was absolutely atracted.
Imagin the engine of Nautilus. You may still get astonished when standing before it although there are so many morden submarines in the world

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