Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Wordsworth Classics)

Thought id start reading some of the classics so purchased these from amazon. They came swiftly and the book quality is good. Tho downside is the print is tiny.Would recommend.

I have just finished reading this book and I thought that although it was a very interesting book to read it was also a very factual and explanative book with regards to technical things with regard to the Nautilus and very explicit about the fish and fauna that live in our grand oceans around the world. A very informative and educational book. Very enjoyable to read and actually understand the meaning of 20,000 Leagues rather than the assumption it was the depth of the ocean travelled but actually the distance travelled which makes more sense since our oceans are no way that deep!!. A book that should be on any persons lifetime list of books to read. A good classic that has lasted well. A book for any avid or novice reader of any age.

Good

I love early science fiction and have read so much H.G. Wells that I thought I should give this a try.The story itself is actually pretty good. I really felt that the settings felt a little futuristic even all this time later, although possibly a little steam-punkish because the primary power of the day was of course iron and steam!Verne wanders into too much description of the classifications of fish and the characters do seem to catch and eat every living thing they come across. Those parts were a little dull, but the main story is really quite gripping with some fantastic 'how will they get out alive?' moments!I haven't quite finished the book because I am a lazy reader, but for this price the entertainment value is unbeatable.

Actual rating 4.5 stars.I completely and utterly fell in love with this book. To me this is exactly what an adventure book should be like. There are pirates and mystery and hidden caves.I have to disagree with the synopsis stating that Captain Nemo is one of the most horrible villains as I have to say I really related to him and I'm certainly not a villain! Yes he has killed people, usually only when they are attacking him and his ship. To be able to go so completely off the grid and survive off the land, or in this case the sea and to find hidden wonders that no one else has ever seen sounds absolutely wonderful! To be so intelligent and continue your learning indefinitely within your own personal library, I'd imagine that quite a few people would enjoy this.Professor Aronnax and his personal servant Conseil have an extremely strong bond and have a mutual respect that is good to see. Ned Land though to me is another far more interesting character as he is a rugged adventurer from Canada who has seen the world and needs to be out there to really live. He struggles with captivity and suffers from cabin fever which you can feel through the excellent writing.There is a lot of scientific, nautical and geographical language used throughout the book and a lot of classification of sea life is done, but this did not take away any enjoyment for me as I enjoyed searching online what things meant when I didn't understand and learning, I enjoyed the learning.Hopefully I will have time in the future to come back and re read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea so I can revisit Captain Nemo and enter his exciting underwater world.

Excellent story.delivered quickly. Excellent service

I wanted to read a book by Verne's,so I did.Very good writer and had a very good vision of things to come.The submarine and its basic mech. was spot on!The book bogs down in that Verne's was overly descriptive page after page of fish,marine life-some he just totally made up(it is fiction I understand).It was like Verne's had a marine book at his hand and he tried to fill the pages with all the different variety of life under the sea.Maybe that was his point. He may have been trying to build his audience interest in the sea and its life?

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes science fiction type story lines. Verne was well ahead of his time to think up the concept of a submarine (that today would be thought of as common place), and bring it to life in novel form. He was like the star trek of his generation; coming up with futuristic ideas for entertainment which eventually gets used in everyday life. It can be a bit factual at times (which can get annoying as some of these facts are made up for the story line) but still a great book. Maybe more of a man's book, but i would still recommend it to anyone. Will be certainly reading his other works.

I bought for a special person and she loved it.

A história é boa. O livro chegou rápido e em muito boas condições.

It is very interesting because it tell you thing with a lot of detail that make it easier to visualize where they are or what some thing is.

Este libro me gusta mucho y me he decidido a comprarlo en inglés, para practicar el idioma. es una edición simple pero bonita y barata

Everything on time and per request.