Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

1866 • 394 pages

Ratings318

Average rating3.6

15

Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.


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3 primary books5 released books

#1 in Capitaine Nemo

Capitaine Nemo is a 5-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 1865 with contributions by Jules Verne.


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I greatly enjoyed the book, however there was a lot of biology and history; I would say maybe even half of the book consisted of it.

May 1, 2025

ffs, stop describing every fucking fish.

October 31, 2021

Not necessarily a bad book, but it reads as a short uninteresting story. I did not like the writing style as well.

February 18, 2014

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