[Gutenberg 164] • Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
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- Authors
- Verne, Jules
- Tags
- submarines (ships) -- fiction , adventure , classics , sea stories , science fiction , underwater exploration -- fiction
- Date
- 1869-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.26 MB
- Lang
- en
How is this book unique?
Font adjustments it is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. The description of Nemo's ship, called the Nautilus, was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were very primitive vessels. Thus, the book has been able to age well because of its scientific theories, unlike some of Verne's other works, like Journey to the Center of the Earth, which are not scientifically accurate and serve more simply as adventure novels.