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Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
I was probably about 8 years old when I watched the 1954 movie based on this book (mind you, I'm not saying I 8 in 1954!). I was wrong to allow the boredom it inflicted on me to influence me against reading it for so long. It wasn’t until Marie Laure’s enthusiasm for it in, “All the Light We Cannot See” that I reconsidered---and now, having read it, or rather, listened to the marvelous narration of Michael Prichard, I completely understand how it has stood the test of time, AND I’ve gained a greater understanding of “All the Light We Cannot See”. (I'm not certain this is the translation I listened to because Tantor Media doesn't indicate the translator.) ( )
I've always been fascinated by the ocean world, and reading this for the first time as an adult was a delightful trip. Thale characters were lovable and grating in equal measure. It fits well in the "diary" narrative alongside Melville's Moby Dick, Poe's Arthur Gordon Pym, and Lovecraft's Mountain if Madness. ( )
A French marine biologist named Aronnax narrates his journey to capture a mythical sea creature called a narwhal. What he and his shipmates discover is that the creature doesn’t exist. Instead they find a submarine call the Nautilus, which has been created secretly and travels around the world beneath the surface of the water. The sub’s Captain, a man who calls himself Nemo, tells his new captives that they must remain on the Nautilus so they won’t have a chance to revel his secret to the world.
I love the premise, but the execution didn’t work for me. There are so many details that’s the plot gets lost in the minutia. Verne was certainly a visionary, but he must have been on some oceanic kick while writing this one. The descriptions of each individual sea creature go on for pages and it was incredibly hard to stay interested.
The amazing thing about the book is that it was published in 1870, long before submarines of the Nautilus’ stature were invented. I also thought it was interesting that the 20,000 leagues in the title refer to how far they travel in the sub. I always thought it was talking about how deep they went. Sadly these tidbits weren’t enough to really make the book work for me. I don’t regret reading it, because sometimes I’m just curious about classics, but I wouldn’t read it again. ( )
A mission to rid the seas of a monstrous creature becomes a terrifying nightmare when Professor Arronax, Conseil and Ned Land are thrown overboard. The huge marine animal which has haunted the water is no living beast, but a spectacular man-made vessel, and the three men find themselves the helpless prisoners of Captain Nemo. Resigned to their fate, they begin a miraculous journey on the submarine ship which can travel through waters never before explored. For the Professor, at least, this voyage is one he would not have missed for the world.
I must have read an abridged version when I was younger, because I didn't realize how much of this was literally just rattling off various species of animals and plants they observed. ( )
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
The year 1866 was marked by a strange event, an unexplainable occurrence which is undoubtedly still fresh in everyone's memory.
In the year 1866 the whole maritime population of Europe and America was excited by a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon.
The year 1866 was signalized by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones.
I leave you at liberty to shut yourself up; cannot I be allowed the same?
Like you, I am willing to live obscure, in the frail hope of bequeathing one day, to future time, the result of my labours.
At ten o'clock in the evening the sky was on fire. The atmosphere was streaked with vivid lightning. I could not bear the brightness of it; while the captain, looking at it, seemed to envy the spirit of the tempest.
At the period when these events took place, I had just returned from a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Thus, to that question asked six thousand years ago by Ecclesiastes, "That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out?" only two men now have the right to answer: Captain Nemo and myself.
And to the question asked by Ecclesiastes 3,000 years ago, 'That which is far off and exceeding deep, who can find it out?' two men alone of all now living have the right to give an answer—CAPTAIN NEMO AND MYSELF.
Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
This LT work should be editions containing the complete text of Jules Verne's 1869 novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. Please do not combine it with any abridgements, adaptations, young readers' versions (see working list, below), pop-up books, Chick-fil-A editions, graphic novels, annotated editions, multi-title compendiums, single volumes of a multi-volume edition, or other, similar works based on the original. Thank you.
Working list of abridged editions not to be combined with the standard editions - Best Loved Books for Young Children, Children's Classics, Great Illustrated Classics, Treasury of Illustrated Classics, Classics Illustrated, Classic Starts Series, Saddleback Illustrated, Stepping Stone Books, Now Age Classics, Young Collectors, (believe it or not) American Short Stories, Deans Children's Classics, anything by Malvina Vogel, Van Gool Adventure Series, Bring the Classics to Life, Children's Golden Library
Note: The 1990 ed. of the Great Illustrated Classics contains the complete text (per L of C), ISBN 0895773473.
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Informação do Conhecimento Comum em inglês.Edite para a localizar na sua língua.
Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
(I'm not certain this is the translation I listened to because Tantor Media doesn't indicate the translator.) ( )