Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Jules Verne
- First Published: 1869
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction
- Time of Work: 1866-1867
- Setting: At sea
- Principal Characters: Professor Pierre Aronnax, Conseil, Ned Land, Captain Nemo
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Adventure, Sea story
- Subjects: Language or languages, Values, Voyages, Philosophy or philosophers, Prisoners, Crime or criminals, Nineteenth century, Science or scientists, Alienation, Friendship, Death or dying, Fantasy, Sea or seafaring life, Shipwrecks, Inventions or inventors, Technology, Submarines, Treasure, Exploration or explorers, Ocean, Whales or whaling, Atlantis
- Locales: Oceans
The Story:
In different parts of the ocean, a number of ships had sighted a mysterious monster, gleaming with light, such as no man had ever seen. After this monster had attacked and sunk several vessels, people all over the world were both amazed and alarmed. Finally an American frigate, the Abraham Lincoln, was fitted out to find and destroy the mysterious sea creature. Among its passengers was Pierre Aronnax, professor of natural history in the Museum of Paris, who had published his opinion that the monster was a giant narwhal. One of the crew was Ned Land, an expert...
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