故事写于一八七0年，是凡尔纳著名科幻三部曲的第二部，叙述了法国生物学者阿龙纳斯在海洋深处旅行的故事。主人公尼摩船长是一个带有浪漫、神秘色彩的人物，他根据自己的设计建造了潜水船，在海底探寻自由。在漫长的海底旅行中，故事时而将读者推入险象环生的险恶环境，时而又带进充满诗情画意的美妙境界；波澜壮阔的场面描绘和细致入微的细节刻画交替出现。读来引人入胜，欲罢不能。

Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil,and the Canadian harpooner, Ned Land, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known and terrifying sea monster, However,the "monster" turns out to be the giant submarine,Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nerno, by whom they are soon held captive. So begins not only one of the great adventure classics by lules Verne, the "Father of Science Fiction", but also a truly fantastic voyage from the lost city of Atlantis to the South Pole.

PART I

A Shifting Reef

Pro and Con

I Form my Resolution

Ned Land

At a Venture

At FullSteam

An Unknown Species of Whale

Mobiles in Mobili

Ned Land"s Tempers

The Man of the Seas

All by Electricity

Some Figures

The Black River

A Note of Innovation

A Walk on the Bottom of the Sea

A Submarine Forest

Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific

Vanikoro

Torres Straits

A Few Days on Land

Captain Nemo " s Thunderbolt

"Aegri Somnia"

The Coral Kingdom

PART II

The Indian Ocean

A Novel Proposal of Captain Nemo"s

A Pearl ofTen Millions

The Red Sea

The Arabian Tunnel

The Grecian Archipelago

The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours

Vigo Bay

A Vanished Continent

The Submarine Coal-Mines

The Sargasso Sea

Cachalots and Whales

The Iceberg

The South Pole

Accident or Incident?

Want of Air

From Cape Horn to the Amazon

The Poulps

The Gulf Stream

From Latitude 47" 24" to Long/rude 17" 28"

A Hecatomb

The Last Words of Captain Nemo

Conclusion