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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World

by Jules Verne (1828–1905)

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  • 10 hours to read
  • 50 chapters
  • Reading level: 7th grade

"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World" by Jules Verne is a science fiction adventure novel serialized from March 1869 to June 1870. When ships encounter a mysterious sea monster in 1866, Professor Pierre Aronnax joins an American expedition to hunt it down. After an attack, he discovers the creature is actually a futuristic submarine called the Nautilus, commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Held captive aboard, Aronnax and his companions embark on an extraordinary underwater journey across the world's oceans, witnessing marvels and dangers beneath the waves.

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  • Science fiction
  • Submarines (Ships)
  • Sea stories
  • Adventure stories
  • Underwater exploration

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First Part

1. A Runaway Reef
2. The Pros and Cons
3. As Master Wishes
4. Ned Land
5. At Random!
6. At Full Steam
7. A Whale of Unknown Species
8. “Mobilis in Mobili”
9. The Tantrums of Ned Land
10. The Man of the Waters
11. The Nautilus
12. Everything through Electricity
13. Some Figures
14. The Black Current
15. An Invitation in Writing
16. Strolling the Plains
17. An Underwater Forest
18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
19. Vanikoro
20. The Torres Strait
21. Some Days Ashore
22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo
23. “Aegri Somnia”
24. The Coral Realm

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Contents

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  1. First Part
  2. Second Part
  3. Second Part
  4. Introduction
  5. First Part
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Chapter 2
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Chapter 5
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. Chapter 10
  16. Chapter 11
  17. Chapter 12
  18. Chapter 13
  19. Chapter 14
  20. Chapter 15
  21. Chapter 16
  22. Chapter 17
  23. Chapter 18
  24. Chapter 19
  25. Chapter 20
  26. Chapter 21
  27. Chapter 22
  28. Chapter 23: “Aegri Somnia”*
  29. Chapter 24
  30. Second Part
  31. Chapter 1
  32. Chapter 2
  33. Chapter 3
  34. Chapter 4
  35. Chapter 5
  36. Chapter 6
  37. Chapter 7
  38. Chapter 8
  39. Chapter 9
  40. Chapter 10
  41. Chapter 11
  42. Chapter 12
  43. Chapter 13
  44. Chapter 14
  45. Chapter 15
  46. Chapter 16
  47. Chapter 17
  48. Chapter 18
  49. Chapter 19
  50. Chapter 20: In Latitude 47° 24′ and Longitude 17° 28′
  51. Chapter 21
  52. Chapter 22
  53. Conclusion

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This free edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #2488, released 2001-01-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Adventure, Classics of Literature, French Literature.

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