Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
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First published in French in 1869–1870, Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is one of the defining adventures of nineteenth-century scientific imagination. When Professor Pierre Aronnax, his devoted servant Conseil, and the harpooner Ned Land are sent to investigate a mysterious sea creature, they find themselves aboard the Nautilus, a remarkable submarine commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Their voyage carries them through coral forests, sunken cities and the immense, unfamiliar landscapes of the ocean, where scientific wonder is inseparable from danger and uncertainty.
Part adventure, part meditation on knowledge, freedom and humanity’s relationship with the natural world, Verne’s novel combines meticulous observation with extraordinary invention. Captain Nemo remains one of literature’s most compelling and ambiguous figures: a man who has withdrawn from society yet cannot entirely escape its violence and injustices. A landmark of early science fiction, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas helped shape the modern imagination of underwater exploration, offering a vision of the deep that is at once exhilarating, mysterious and quietly unsettling.
From the book
“The sea is the great reservoir of Nature. The globe began with the sea, so to speak; and who knows if it will not end with it!”
— Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
On Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
“To dismiss it as simply an adventure story does it a disservice.”
— The Guardian