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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Jules Verne (1828–1905)
47 chapters and parts · about 9 hours to read
What the book is about
"Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea" by Jules Verne is a science fiction adventure novel serialized from 1869 to 1870. When ships worldwide report encounters with a mysterious sea monster, an American expedition sets out to destroy it. Professor Aronnax, harpooner Ned Land, and servant Conseil discover the creature is actually a futuristic submarine commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Held captive aboard the Nautilus, they embark on an extraordinary underwater journey, witnessing marvels and mysteries beneath the waves while uncovering their captor's dark past.
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- Adventure stories
- Science fiction
- Sea stories
- Submarines (Ships)
- Underwater exploration
Chapters
- Opening pagesabout 2 minutes
- Part One · Chapter IA Shifting Reefabout 10 minutes
- Part One · Chapter IIPro and Conabout 8 minutes
- Part One · Chapter IIII Form My Resolutionabout 7 minutes
- Part One · Chapter IVNed Landabout 10 minutes
- Part One · Chapter VAt a Ventureabout 8 minutes
- Part One · Chapter VIAt Full Steamabout 12 minutes
- Part One · Chapter VIIAn Unknown Species of Whaleabout 10 minutes
- Part One · Chapter VIIIMobilis in Mobiliabout 10 minutes
- Part One · Chapter IXNed Land’s Tempersabout 4 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XThe Man of the Seasabout 24 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XIAll by Electricityabout 8 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XIISome Figuresabout 9 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XIIIThe Black Riverabout 10 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XIVA Note of Invitationabout 12 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XVA Walk on the Bottom of the Seaabout 9 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XVIA Submarine Forestabout 11 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XVIIFour Thousand Leagues Under the Pacificabout 8 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XVIIIVanikoroabout 13 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XIXTorres Straitsabout 10 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XXA Few Days on Landabout 13 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XXICaptain Nemo’s Thunderboltabout 15 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XXII“Ægri Somnia”about 11 minutes
- Part One · Chapter XXIIIThe Coral Kingdomabout 11 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter IThe Indian Oceanabout 12 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter IIA Novel Proposal of Captain Nemo’sabout 8 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter IIIA Pearl of Ten Millionsabout 16 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter IVThe Red Seaabout 15 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter VThe Arabian Tunnelabout 11 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter VIThe Grecian Archipelagoabout 14 minutes
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- Part Two · Chapter VIIThe Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hoursabout 5 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter VIIIVigo Bayabout 15 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter IXA Vanished Continentabout 14 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XThe Submarine Coal-Minesabout 13 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XIThe Sargasso Seaabout 8 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XIICachalots and Whalesabout 14 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XIIIThe Icebergabout 15 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XIVThe South Poleabout 17 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XVAccident or Incident?about 10 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XVIWant of Airabout 16 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XVIIFrom Cape Horn to the Amazonabout 12 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XVIIIThe Poulpsabout 12 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XIXThe Gulf Streamabout 13 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XXFrom Latitude 47° 24′ to Longitude 17° 28′about 9 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XXIA Hecatombabout 14 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XXIIThe Last Words of Captain Nemoabout 12 minutes
- Part Two · Chapter XXIIIConclusionabout 2 minutes
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, by Jules Verne, is in the public domain in the United States. Text from Project Gutenberg, eBook #164, with thanks. Sureno removed Project Gutenberg's header and licence and set the text in large print; this is not an official Project Gutenberg edition. Outside the United States, check your own country's copyright rules before copying it.
