Twenty thousand leagues under the sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , by Jules Verne

In a classic novel in the genre of science fiction , Jules Verne depicts the epic adventures onboard the submarine of Captain Nemo . The characters are interesting and memorable and the story is very exciting to read . When the book was first published in France , it was called Vingt Mille Lieues Sous Les Mers , but was translated into English as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

This book was written in 1870 , quite a long time before submarines were widely used . This illustrates the

fact that Jules Verne was a very imaginative writer , because he was able to develop a realistic story around something that had not yet happened

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea begins with Professor Pierre Aronnax as the narrator . He is a famous marine biologist and is sent on a mission to find a massive sea monster that has been stalking the coast and frightening people all over the world . He leaves New York on a battleship called the Abraham Lincoln and they all search for the monster for quite a while . Finally , the ship finds the sea monster in the Pacific Ocean , near South America and then they begin attacking it During the battle with the creature , the Abraham Lincoln is damaged and the steering on the ship stops working properly . Professor Pierre Aronnax , his assistant and a man named Ned Land , who is a harpooner , are thrown overboard into the sea . They think that they are lying on top of the sea monster , and all three men are very afraid of what will happen to them . It turns out all right though , because what they are laying on really it isn 't a monster at all . Soon , Captain Nemo opens the hatch of his submarine and the men are brought into the ship , the Nautilus

The submarine is very impressive and seems very comfortable to the men After everybody is introduced , the Nautilus continues steaming through the ocean . The men see spectacular things from under the sea and enjoy the adventure . They encounter coral in the Red Sea , shipwrecks and then the ice shelves of Antarctica . Finally , the Nautilus brings the men to the lost city of Atlantis . It is a sight unlike anything the men have ever seen before . The whole city is wonderful and there are lots of things to see underwater

Even though they have enjoyed their trip , the Professor , his assistant named Conseil , and the harpooner decide they wan to leave the Nautilus after a while , mostly because Captain Nemo is very unhappy and is doing dangerous things with the submarine . The Captain does not want to let them go , because they have seen his submarine , which he has kept a secret since he built it . Captain Nemo does not want anybody to know that he has this submarine because he wants to be far away from people If the men were to escape , they might tell the newss about the Nautilus...