Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
$35.24
- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
A beautiful deluxe gift edition of Verne’s adventure to the depths of the sea with foiled covers, marbled endpapers, sprayed edges, beautiful paper and finished with a silk ribbon.
Professor Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down and destroy a menacing sea monster. However, he discovers that the beast is metal – it is a giant submarine called the Nautilus built by the renegade scientist Captain Nemo. So begins an underwater adventure that takes them from the So…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529982008 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529982006 |
| Author: | Jules Verne |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 204mm x 132mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Vintage Collector's Classics |
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Unbearably thrilling and romantic…full of Verne’s gentle humour—Daily MailAmong the deep-sea volcanoes, shoals of swirling fish, giant squid and sharks, Captain Nemo steers the Nautilus. Nemo is the renegade scientist par excellence, a man madly inventive in his quest for revenge—Sunday TelegraphA tale of terror, suspense and wonder—GuardianFabulous…the pace is sharp and the story as dramatic and engaging as ever—Daily ExpressVerne’s imagination has given us some of the greatest adventure stories of all time—Daily MailOne of the books I have read and re-read with unfailing pleasure and interest is Jules Verne’s ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea…. Verne’s novel entranced me. I was in love with Captain Nemo, the brooding cultured misanthrope of the deeps, who combined the romantic qualities of Heathcliff and Byron with the ruthlessness of Macbeth—Independent
About The Author
Jules Verne
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in the city of Nantes, France.
He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
Verne is often referred to as the ‘Father of science fiction’ because he wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before aeroplanes, spacecrafts, and submarines were invented. He died in 1905.
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