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