The deep-sea exploits of secretive Captain Nemo, embarking on the world's first global vendetta.When an unidentified "monster" threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the "monster" is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo. Thus begins a journey of 20,000 leagues-nearly 50,000 miles-that will take Captain Nemo, his crew, and these three adventurers on a journey of discovery through undersea forests, coral graveyards, miles-deep trenches, and even the sunken ruins of Atlantis. Jules Verne's novel of undersea exploration has been captivating readers ever since its first publication in 1870, and Frederick Paul Walter's reader-friendly, scientifically meticulous translation of this visionary science fiction classic is complete and unabridged down to the smallest substantive detail.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-05-01
Mått:178 x 254 x 32 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Excelsior Editions
Antal sidor:419
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438446639
Översättare:Frederick Paul Walter

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Jules Verne was born in 1828 into a French lawyering family in the Atlantic coastal city of Nantes. Though his father sent him off to a Paris law school, young Jules had been writing on the side since his early teens, and his pet topics were the theater, travel, and science. Predictably enough, his legal studies led nowhere, so Verne took a day job with a stock brokerage, in his off-hours penning scripts for farces and musical comedies while also publishing short stories and novelettes of scientific exploration and adventure. His big breakthrough came when he combined his theatrical knack with his scientific bent and in 1863 published an African adventure yarn, Five Weeks in a Balloon. After that and until his death in 1905, Jules Verne was one of the planet's best-loved and best-selling novelists, publishing more than sixty books. Other imaginative favorites by him include The Mysterious Island, Hector Servadac, The Begum's Millions, Master of the World, and The Meteor Hunt. Verne ranks among the five most translated authors in history, along with Mark Twain and the Bible. Frederick Paul Walter is a scriptwriter, broadcaster, librarian, and amateur paleontologist. A long-standing member of the North American Jules Verne Society, he served as its vice president from 2000 to 2008. Walter has produced many media programs, articles, reviews, and papers on aspects of Jules Verne and has translated many Verne novels, including Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics and The Sphinx of the Ice Realm, both also published by SUNY Press. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Translator’s PrefacePart I 1. A Runaway Reef2. The Pros and Cons3. As Master Wishes4. Ned Land5. At Random6. At Full Steam7. A Whale of Unknown Species8. Mobilis in Mobil9. Ned Land’s Temper10. The Man of the Waters11. The Nautilus12. E ntirely by Electricity13. A Few Figures14. The Black Tide15. An Invitation in Writing16. Strolling the Plains17. An Underwater Forest18. 4,000 Leagues Under the Pacific19. Vanikoro20. Torres Strait21. A Few Days Ashore22. Captain Nemo’s Lightning Bolts23. Ӕgri Somnia24. The Coral RealmPart II25. The Indian Ocean26. A New Proposition from Captain Nemo27. A Pearl Worth $2,000,00028. The Red Sea29. Arabian Tunnel30. The Greek Isles31. The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours32. Vigo Bay33. A Lost Continent34. The Underwater Coalfields35. The Sargasso Sea36. Sperm Whales and Right Whales37. The Ice Barrier38. The South Pole39. Accident or Incident?40. Shortage of Air41. From Cape Horn to the Amazon42. The Devilfish43. The Gulf Stream44. In Latitude 47° 24' and Longitude 17° 28'45. A Mass Execution46. Captain Nemo’s Last Words47. ConclusionTextual NotesRecommended Reading