An American frigate tracking down a ship-sinking monster faces not a living creature but an incredible invention--a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Suddenly a devastating explosion aboard the frigate leaves just three survivors, who find themselves prisoners inside Nemo's death ship on an underwater odyssey around the world, from the pearl-laden waters of Ceylon to the icy dangers of the South Pole, as Captain Nemo, one of the greatest villains ever created, takes his revenge on all society.
An American frigate tracking down a ship-sinking monster faces not a living creature but an incredible invention--a fantastic submarine commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Suddenly a devastating explosion aboard the frigate leaves just three survivors, who find themselves prisoners inside Nemo's death ship on an underwater odyssey around the world, from the pearl-laden waters of Ceylon to the icy dangers of the South Pole, as Captain Nemo, one of the greatest villains ever created, takes his revenge on all society.
More than a marvelously thrilling drama, this classic novel, written in 1870, foretells with uncanny accuracy the inventions and advanced technology of the twentieth century and has become a literary stepping-stone for generations of science fiction writers.
Introduction--
The Ardent Blasphemers by Ray Bradbury.
Part One
1. A Shifting Reef
2. The Pros and Cons
3. As Monsieur Wishes
4. Ned Land
5. A Random Search
6. Full Steam Ahead
7. An Unknown Species of Whale
8. "Mobilis in Mobile"
9. Ned Land's Temper
10. The Man of the Seas
11. The Nautilus
12. All by Electricity
13. Some Figures
14. The Black Stream
15. A Letter of Invitation
16. A Walk Across the Plains
17. An Underwater Forest
18. 4,000 Leagues Under the Pacific
19. Vanikoro
20. Torres Strait
21. Some Days Ashore
22. Captain Nemo's Thunderbolts
23. Bad Dreams
24. The Coral Kingdom
Part Two
25. The Indian Ocean
26. A New Invitation from Captain Nemo
27. A Two-Million-Dollar Pearl
28. The Red Sea
29. The Arabian TUnnel
30. The'Greek Islands
31. Through the Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
32. Vigo Bay
33. A Lost Continent
34. Underwater Coal Mines
35. The Sargasso Sea
36. Whales
37. The Great Ice Barrier
38. The South Pole
39. Accident or Incident?
40. Lack of Air
41. From Cape Horn to the Amazon
42. Squid
43. The Gulf Stream
44. 470 24" North Latitude and 170 28' WestLongitude
45. A Hecatomb
46. CaptainNemo's Last Words
47. Conclusion