Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea wordsworth classics. Written by jules verne in 1870, twenty thousand leagues under the sea is a book that tells us the story of three accidental visitors to an underwater world hosted by the mysterious. Twenty thousand leagues under the seas by jules verne. The pearson education library collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic. With allen holubar, dan hanlon, edna pendleton, curtis benton. Complete study guide for 20,000 leagues under the sea. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea topic youtube. A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the. This is the 6th book in the extraordinary voyages series. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, novel by jules verne, first published in french as vingt mille lieues sous les mers in 186970. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne free. Free bilingual book german english, twenty thousand.
He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea is a classic science fiction novel by french author jules verne, first serialized from 1869 to 1870 in a french periodical and published in 1870. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea verne, jules on. As professor aronnax and his servant conseil, along with harpooner ned. Walter captain nemo, the nautilus, and the mysterious depths of the ocean. A world tour underwater is a classic science fiction adventure.
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Smith, 1873, one of two american editions first released that year with most authorities giving preference to the much less common james r. Introduction twenty thousand leagues under the sea. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea is widely perceived as a classic. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea novel by verne. Twenty thousand leagues under the sea version 3 jules verne. Buy twenty thousand leagues under the sea wordsworth classics by jules verne from amazons fiction books store. Hello, i am 11 and i read at a college level and i read the unabridged and now it is. It is perhaps the most popular book of his sciencefiction series. A mysterious beast is attacking ships the world over.
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