Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea
Jules Verne was born and educated in Nantes, France. As a boy, he loved exploring the river Loire in a leaky old sailboat.
The adventure was his passion, and so was writing—it was natural that he should combine the two interests. He wrote over one hundred books, of which this has been one of the most popular. It is now over eighty years since the Nautilus made its “audacious” voyage; the action of the book taking place supposedly in 1866-67,
Early and most famous exponent of what is now known as “science fiction” writing, Jules Verne was exceptionally successful in foretelling the scientific developments of the future, In these days when submarines are an actuality, the exploits of the Nautilus and Captain Nemo no longer astonish, but the story remains as exciting as ever. It is, in fact, more remarkable now that a great part of it has been realized
Author: Jules Verne
Publication Date:q 1925
Publisher Charles Scribner Sons. new york
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