Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (Classics Read by Celebrities Series)

ISBN: 1433209535

Author: Jules Verne

Condition: New

Product Description This is an *ABRIDGED* reading of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It is read by Harlan Ellison and it is part of the 'Classics Read by Celebrities' audiobook series. ''The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten . . . . For some time past, vessels had been met by 'an enormous thing,' a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale.'' When Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey that leads him from Atlantis to the South Pole. Through unforeseen dangers, surprise encounters, and exotic settings, this epic adventure is a tour-de-force of imagination and narrative grandeur. Jules Verne was remarkably successful in foretelling the wonders science held for the future. This, his most famous novel, earned him the title of ''Father of Science Fiction''. Review ''Unbearably thrilling and romantic . . . full of Verne's gentle humour.'' --Daily Mail''Among the deep-sea vocanoes, shoals of swirling fish, giant squid and sharks, Captain Nemo steers the Nautilus. Nemo is the renegade scientist par excellence, a man madly inventive in his quest for revenge.'' --Sunday Telegraph''A tale of terror, suspense and wonder.'' --Guardian''Among the deep-sea vocanoes, shoals of swirling fish, giant squid and sharks, Captain Nemo steers the Nautilus. Nemo is the renegade scientist par excellence, a man madly inventive in his quest for revenge.'' --Sunday Telegraph''A tale of terror, suspense and wonder.'' --Guardian About the Author Author Bio:JULES VERNE (1828-1905) is considered by many the father of science fiction. Born in Nantes, France, he studied law but turned to writing opera libretti until the 1863 publication of the first of his Extraordinary Voyages series, (Five Weeks in a Balloon). Its success encouraged him to produce a number of classic and prophetic science-fiction novels, including A Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. His stories foresaw many scientific and technological developments, including the submarine, television, and space travel.Reader Bio: HARLAN ELLISON, a multiple award-winning author, has narrated numerous audiobooks. His readings have won two ''Listen Up'' Awards and an Audie Award in 1999 for Best Solo Narration.