Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781618951465)

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth, as 20,000 leagues is over six times the diameter of Earth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. In the book, a league is equivalent to four kilometres. A literal translation of the French title would end in the plural "seas", thus implying the "seven seas" through which the characters of the novel travel; however, the early English translations of the title used "sea", meaning the ocean in general.

Author: Jules Verne
ISBN-10: 1618951467
ISBN-13: 9781618951465
Publisher: Bibliotech Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10
Point Value: 28
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 523 / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged)