Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Verne, Frederick Davidson

eAudio - 2006

Follow along on this fantastic voyage as Professor Arronax, Ned, and Beth set out to capture a terrifying sea monster—before it captures them."The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten...For some time past, vessels had been met by 'an enormous thing,' a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale."—from the bookWhen Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey that leads him from Atlantis to the South Pole. Through unforeseen dangers, surprise encounters, an...d exotic settings, this epic adventure is a tour de force of imagination and narrative grandeur.Jules Verne was remarkably successful in foretelling the wonders science held for the future. This, his most famous novel, earned him the... more