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Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne ISBN: 0-8125-5092-7 Publisher: Tor Classics Pub. Date: 15 October, 1995 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (132 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The first submarine novel.
Comment: This is Verne's classic novel about Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. What really fascinated me when reading this story and other Verne novels was not only Verne's contributions to the science fiction genre, but his founding of a whole new genre, one that, as far as I know, he has never been given credit. I think Verne was one of the first to write the techno-novel, a work that is filled with technical details ala Tom Clancy. For this novel, Verne did considerable research to describe what was known as accurately as possible. Professor Arronax and his servant Conseil board a U. S. ship that is searching for a monster that has sunk a number of other ships. They discover that it isn't a monster at all but a submarine, captained by a mysterious man known only as Nemo (Verne will present readers with Nemo once again in "The Mysterious Island"). Arronax, Conseil, and an American harpooner named Ned Land travel with Nemo and see many wonderous things and have many adventures. Verne's "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" has gotten some very poor reviews over the decades since it first appeared in 1869. In many cases, it was because of the translation and not because of Verne. A number of the early translators inserted their own sections with their own ideas and opinions and deleted much of Verne's own words. So, readers should be aware of the translator. I read an excellent translation by Walter James Miller that was also annotated. Such an annotated volume can prove to be very helpful to teenagers getting acquainted with Nemo and his submarine.
Rating: 4
Summary: a must read for kids in grade 6-8
Comment: Verne,Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. New York : Scholastic Inc. 2000 426 pp.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is an exciting and adventurous fiction book that will make you want a sequel.
I like this book because it has great detail and well told sentences. One of my favorite parts is when the Cachalots which are huge whale like creatures that attacked the whales and the the crew ran into the cachalots with the Nautilus and save the whales on pp. 319-322.
The main characters in the book are Mr. Arronox and his servant Conseil with a Canadian harpooner Mr. Nedland and the Captain of the Nautilus Captain Nemo who imprisons them on the Nautilus but lets them go about freely around the ship. How they got on the Nautilus was believed to be a sea monster that wrecked many ships all over the world . Mr. Arronox , Conseil ,and Mr. Nedland are chosen to go out on a ship called the Abraham Lincoln to track down the monster and bring it back but what they think is the sea monster but is really the Nautilus. When they try to attack it the ship sinks the Abraham and when they wake up they find themselves upon the Nautilus...
I would recommend this book for kids who can understand big words and are in grade 6-8.
Rating: 4
Summary: Undersea Adventure
Comment: This book is, by far, one of the best books I have read in the last year. It proves that classics are still the best books to read. In this undersea adventure, two unique characters travel 20,000 leagues facing everything from giant squids to themselves. This book is a must read for anyone whether you like science fiction to drama. You will enjoy it no matter what. I know I did.
The book is truly unique. Jules Verne brings the wonders of science and drama to this book. If you are smart, you will read this book because it will make you smart. It is awesome, a must read, unbelievable. Highly recomend.
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Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne ISBN: 0140022651 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1965 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne ISBN: 059043053X Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells ISBN: 0812505042 Publisher: Tor Classics Pub. Date: 15 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Treasure Island (Signet Classic) by Robert Louis Stevenson ISBN: 0451527046 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1998 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov ISBN: 0451524918 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: December, 1986 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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