Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515007616)

"The deepest parts of the ocean are totally unknown to us," admits Professor Aronnax early in this novel. "What goes on in those distant depths? What creatures inhabit, or could inhabit, those regions twelve or fifteen miles beneath the surface of the water? It's almost beyond conjecture." Jules Verne (1828-1905) published the French equivalents of these words in 1869, and little has changed since. 126 years later, a Time cover story on deep-sea exploration made much the same admission: "We know more about Mars than we know about the oceans." This reality begins to explain the dark power and otherworldly fascination of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.

Author: Jules Verne
ISBN-10: 1515007618
ISBN-13: 9781515007616
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2015
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.32d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 10
Point Value: 28
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 523 / 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Unabridged)