TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzels fortnightly periodical, the Magasin déducation et de récréation. A deluxe octavo edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871. The book was widely acclaimed on its release and remains so; it is regarded as one of the premier adventure novels and one of Vernes greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Its depiction of Captain Nemos underwater ship, the Nautilus, is regarded as ahead of its time, since it accurately describes many features of todays submarines, which in the 1860s were comparatively primitive vessels.