20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [Paperback]

Join Captain Nemo and theNautilusas they journey into the deep in Jules Verne’s classic science fiction tale.

In an age that has seen the wildest speculations of science become reality, Jules Verne is regarded as both a technological prophet and one of the most exciting masters of imagination the world has ever known. Of all his novels, none is more compelling and thrilling than20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This extraordinary voyage into the depths of the unknown aboard the legendary submarineNautilus—commanded by the brilliant, tragic Captain Nemo—explores both the limitless possibilities of science and the twisted labyrinth of the human mind. The novel stands as science fiction raised to the level of literature and remains a vivid expression of a new era of technological advancement and humanity’s place within that world.
 
Translated and with a Foreword by Mendor T. Brunetti
Includes an Introduction by Stephen Baxter
and an Afterword by Walter James MillerJules Verne, born in Nantes, France, in 1828, of legal and seafaring stock, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. Although he studied law at Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. His most popular stories, besides20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1870), include:Five Weeks in a Balloon(1863),Journey to the Center of the Earth(1864),From the Earth to the Moon(1865),Around the World in Eighty Days(1872), andThe Mysterious Island(1874). In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century,The Discovery of the Earth(1878-80). After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died in Amiens, France, in 1905.US