20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Sterling Classics)
by Jules Verne
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Author: Jules VerneIllustrator: Scott McKowen
Afterword: Arthur Pober Ed.D
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-10-28
ISBN: 140272599X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Sterling
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- ISBN13: 9781402725999
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Sterling Classics)
Book Review: The book puts the movie to shame
Summary: 5 Stars
Jules Verne was a genius well ahead of his time. In this classic book he takes the reader through the unexplored depths of the ocean on a fantastic and breathtaking voyage fraught with excitement and danger.
I have read several reviews of this book from a variety of sources. The biggest criticism that is offered by the reviewers is that throughout the book Verne, through the words of Professor Annorax, lists and describes a multitude of sea life, both flora and fauna. Many reviewers find this distracting and boring. My personal opinion is that the reason that many readers and reviewers criticize this is because they are comparing the book to the very poor Disney film interpretation and adaptation of the book.
In truth, the book would suffer greatly without the detailed description of the flora and fauna observed by Professor Annorax. Why? I believe that many of the readers and reviewers misunderstand Verne's intention of who Professor Annorax is. Professor Annorax is a world renown naturalist and specialist in sea life. That is exactly what makes this story so wonderful. Verne takes the worlds foremost expert on sea flora and fauna and throws him into a world previously unknown to him. By observing the many life forms never before documented Annorax realizes just how much he does not know and becomes an even greater expert than before. The documentation of the many species is the natural response an expert naturalist would have to the sudden discovery of a whole new world of flora and fauna.
Clearly, Verne had a vivid imagination by describing a functioning submarine well before the concept of a submarine had ever been dreamt of. The detailed explanations of how the submarine works and how it is able to produce electricity and power from nothing more than sea water is perhaps the best kind of science fiction, the kind that has a basis in fact. I have to believe that when the first submarines were being built that the inventors had to have made a serious study of Verne's Nautilus. To have come up with such an intricate, detailed, and scientifically sound description of a submarine in his time is absolutely astounding.
Finally, the accuracy of the never before seen flora and fauna when coupled with the scientifically accurate description of the design and functioning of the Nautilus has to make one wonder if Captain Nemo and the Nautilus are really science fiction or if by some miracle they did actually exist and instead of fiction this story was a summary of a real experience Verne, as Professor Annorax, actually experienced.
Summary of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Sterling Classics)
Originally published in 1870, Verne?s amazing undersea adventure is one of the earliest science fiction novels ever written. Since that time, generations of readers have plunged below the ocean?s waves with Captain Nemo and his first-ever submarine, The Nautilus. It?s a voyage of exploration and the imagination.
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