Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Classical Stories · No. 91 — Captain Nemo's impossible submarine and the prisoners who ride it.
- Classical Stories
- 46 min
- Ages 8–13
- 7 chapters
About this audiobook
When ships begin to be attacked by what seems a giant sea-monster, a French professor, his loyal servant, and a Canadian harpooner join the hunt — only to be flung overboard and rescued (and captured) by the 'monster' itself: the Nautilus, a magnificent electric submarine built and captained by the mysterious Captain Nemo. Aboard, they become permanent guests who may explore but never leave, and Verne takes them on a wondrous underwater journey — through pearl-beds and coral forests, past the ruins of Atlantis, under polar ice, and into a nightmarish battle with a giant squid. Nemo is a genius and a generous host, but also a haunted, dangerous man carrying some old grief and rage against the surface world, and the professor comes to see his captor as both a marvel and a warning, longing to escape even as he never wants the wonders to end.
Why it's worth a listen
Sailors hunting a mysterious sea-monster that has been sinking ships discover it is no monster at all but the Nautilus — a marvelous submarine decades ahead of its time, commanded by the brilliant, bitter Captain Nemo, who takes them aboard as guests who may never leave. From Jules Verne's classic, a voyage through the wonders of the deep — coral forests, sunken ruins, a giant squid — steered by one of literature's most fascinating and troubling captains.
A question to keep
Can someone be both a genius and a danger, both a wonder and a warning?
Chapters
- The Monster of the High Seas
- Captured by the Steel Monster
- The Wonders of the Deep
- The Shadow of the Captain
- Ice and Tentacles
- The Maelstrom and the Flight
- A Question to Keep