TY - BOOK AU - Verne, Jules TI - Twenty thousand leagues under the sea SN - 0140621180 U1 - 843.8 PY - 1994/// CY - London PB - Penguin Books KW - English - Fiction KW - Hazardous voyage KW - Sea monster KW - Captain Nemo N2 - 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 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 villians 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 ER -