20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
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4.4 • 297 Ratings
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Publisher Description
In this science fiction classic, Captain Nemo and his crew travel the world’s seas in the submarine Nautilus, lured on by tales of sea monsters. During their amazing adventures they encounter scientific wonders, travel to remote islands and discover magical coral gardens, sunken treasure, strange creatures and other mysteries of the deep…
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Verne's classic journey into the ocean follows professor Pierre Aronnax and his two companions as they are captured by Capt. Nemo and find themselves trapped aboard the Nautilus, a high-powered submarine that traverses about the world revealing the mysteries of the sea. James Frain provides clear and crisp narration. His intonation and tone are good, but not good enough to overcome the tedious cataloguing of every crustacean, fish, and shell that Verne includes. Equally problematic, Frain stumbles through some of his reading and has trouble maintaining the voices he provides for the different characters, particularly Nemo, whose voice is quite inconsistent. This, at times, can lead to listener confusion. While this audiobook is, on the whole, enjoyable, it doesn't stand up to other Listening Library productions.
Customer Reviews
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
I sailed a literary sea of Science, Zoology, Marine Biology, History, Language, World Politcs, Science Fiction as well as Religion & Philosophy in the Jules Verne vessel, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
Many times I found myself looking up vocab, types of marine life, events & iconic heroes in history as well as the detailed geographical voyage of the Nautilus and Capt. Nemo. I feel like Verne took me as a Nautilus stowaway and from this reading I too gained many valuable treasures as did the Professor.
With this said, it seemed long and there were parts that Verne could have glossed over but because he wrote extensively on marine life it made me feel like he wrote a bit from an encyclopedia and not from his passioned heart & mind. These are my reasonings for a 4:5 star rating.
I encourage many to read this classic to form their own opinion & to revel in the many creations of our world, done by both the hands of God and man.
Classic Science Fiction
One of the first SF books I read. Although it's a little bogged down by too much detail, it's still a great read, especially for it's time. There's no denying that Mr. Verne was a genius.
Excellent Book
Well written