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Thursday 27 January 2011

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne


Do you like stories about the sea and its monsters? If you do, you'll probably enjoy reading one by Jules Verne








"Text adaptation by Lesley Thompson


When ship after ship goes down in the Atlantic, Dr Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, journey from Paris to learn more. What - or who - is attacking these ships?


Aronnax, Conseil, and the Canadian, Ned Land, find the answer to this question when they meet the strange Captain Nemo.


After a long journey under the sea in Nemo's submarine, the Nautilus, the doctor and his friends plan to leave for the surface".


This was mainly taken from the Oxford University Press web page.


Below you can have a look at its adaptation into the cinema. There's also a version for children:  
 



For further information on this book, you'd bettter go to its wikipedia article, the English complete version , and some literature notes.