20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Julio Verne

Sterling Children's Books

2015

314 páginas

10h 28m

ISBN-13: 9781454914013

During a chase in pursuit of what is believed to be a frightful marine monster, natural history professor Pierre Aronnax is pitched offof the navy ship Abraham Lincoln and into the dephts of the sea. He isfollowed by Conseil, his devoted servant, and soon the pair discover yet anorther crew member overboard, harpooner Ned Land. Rescued by an astonishing submarine boat, the Nautilus, the threesome are treated well by its commander, the mysterious Captain Nemo. But they are bound by him to never return to civilization. In less ten months, they cross 20,000 leagues on a submarine tour of the world tha reveals many wonders as well as perils, from the ruins of a fabled city to the heart of an extinct volcanho and even imprisionment in a perfect tonnel of ice. Will Aronnax ever learn the truth behind Nemo's puzzling past and his secrets? And can the captives escape to freedom?