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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- Narrated by: David Linski
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Summary
During the year 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-22
An absolute pleasure
This is the first time I have had the privilege to listen to this amazing tale!
To imagine that this story is now 152 years old! Is astonishing!
And I have enjoyed it in the year of 2022!
What a legacy to leave behind!
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- elena kotovenko
- 03-01-22
Excellent reading!
I have to say as far as adventures go jules would not be my favourite to read. He is very scientific and tedious in his writing. I could never have enough patience to actually read his books. Even as a child. So listening was the best option. I have it in the background when I'm working. So it was perfect. I'm glad I finally know the story of captain Nemo I'd detail, even though read by someone else to me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-01-22
Loved it!
Brilliantly read and I loved this story!
One that I will return to again and again :)
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- B.W.
- 28-02-22
A bit of an anticlimax
This has aged surprisingly well but could probably do with retranslating. Lots of techy detail combined with some chacter development give it interest. There are lots of unanswered questions not the least being what happened at the end, which is very abrupt and unexplained.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-04-23
Back to childhood
I read this book some 65 years ago in infant school, I was 7, still a wonderful story and the narrative is beautiful, it took me back to adventure and thrill’s at being with the crew of the Nautilus
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- Anonymous User
- 15-02-22
Heavily dated but still enjoyable
Old books are a great means by which to glimpse the past, 20000 leagues is no exception. A really interesting read that showed the difference in culture to our times as well as what they imagined as futuristic technology . It is still very dated in its prose though and more interesting as a snapshot of the past than a story.
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- Frieda
- 31-10-21
Enjoyed it
After hearing about this story most of my life but not actually hearing what it is about itself, I have listened to it now. I have to say it's rather interesting, there's for me though, too much detail. The narration was wonderful.
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- Ash Roskell
- 09-11-21
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
It’s not the fertile imagination of a science fiction writer that makes them truly great, but their research and knowledge of their subject and their facility with accurately merging known science into the realm of fantasy with seamless skill, that marks them out as being among the greatest of their craft.
It’s hard to credit that this novel was published in 1870, introducing topics that were barely imagined as being plausible in its day, ideas which are common place now. Scuba diving, submarines, marine and evolutionary biology, nuclear powered engines and so much more, beyond the grasp of the average contemporary, are all introduced with such well researched and well thought out precision as to half persuade the reader that maybe Jules Verne was a time traveller? So authoritative is the author on every topic.
For just one example, you have to remind yourself that Charles Darwin was a living contemporary of Verne’s when his scientist protagonist recounts his speculations on some of the wonderful animals he encounters in the deep and how they came into being; and that Verne’s research of the absolute cutting edge of the sciences was so truly comprehensive.
Yet it’s wonderfully jarring and so, “of its time,” to hear him discuss a magical sea creature’s evolution in one breath, and then what it tastes like, with the connoisseur’s palate of a Frenchman, in the very next breath.
True contemporary history is also woven just as effortlessly into the plot, as we discover a fictional take on the whereabouts and fate of ships that were lost in real world events, demonstrating more of the vast knowledge of the author.
Yet, the greatest achievement of the novel is to use all of this and still come up with a great story, told by an interesting protagonist (very nicely read by the narrator) with superbly crafted characters. The skill to create a tale of mythic proportions with such broad appeal, written by what we would refer to today as a, “science geek,” is the real achievement here. A genuinely, “literary,” novel, worthy of every plaudit it has garnered over the almost 200 years since its publication. But also a gripping page turner, requiring no special knowledge from the reader who comes to it.
This is genuine, “classic,” by every meaning of that often overused term, done justice by the skill of the narrator. One of those classics that ought to be read by everyone, but most especially by fans of literary fiction, science fiction, or simply fans of page turning action thrillers. It has something for everyone.
Do yourself a favour and give it a listen. Better yet, tell others about it. It really is that good.
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- Hayte
- 30-08-23
Awesome
What an absolute pleasure to listen to.
Great story even though it’s 150 year age.
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- Stephen Fergusson
- 13-07-22
Great story
better than the film and more believable as well and well read timeless classic
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