20,000 Leagues Under The Sea: The Completely Restored and Annotated Edition - Softcover

Jules Verne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870216783 ISBN 13: 9780870216787

Publisher: Naval Institute Press, 1993

Synopsis

This edition is based solely on the original French text of this classic work. This edition contains the lost 20% of Verne's original manuscript and corrects hundreds of errors and mistranslations. Contains 45 woodcut illustrations.

About this title

Review:

Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster. However, the "monster" turns out to be a giant submarine, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, by whom they are soon held captive. So begins not only one of the great adventure classics by Jules Verne, the 'Father of Science Fiction', but also a truly fantastic voyage from the lost city of Atlantis to the South Pole.

Review:

"Unbearably thrilling and romantic...full of Verne's gentle humour" (Daily Mail)

"Among the deep-sea volcanoes, shoals of swirling fish, giant squid and sharks, Captain Nemo steers the Nautilus. Nemo is the renegade scientist par excellence, a man madly inventive in his quest for revenge" (Sunday Telegraph)

"A tale of terror, suspense and wonder" --(Guardian)

"Fabulous...the pace is sharp and the story as dramatic and engaging as ever" --(Daily Express)

"Verne's imagination has given us some of the greatest adventure stories of all time" --(Daily Mail)

About this edition

• Publisher: Naval Institute Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0870216783
• ISBN 13: 9780870216787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416