Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Wordsworth Classics)

Definitely worth a read. It's a classic. A friend let me borrow their copy, and wanted to read it again, so I bought myself a copy

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.

Many years ago, I saw a film version of this novel on TV. I'd previously read Mysterious Island, & was quite impressed, so I bought '20,00 Leagues Under The Sea'. The novel is certainly far better than the film version, but still, I felt the author focussed far too much on the creatures which were apparently being observed, giving very lengthy descriptions, and referred to them constantly by their latin names. It was almost as if the author was trying to tell us, the readers, how clever he was, by carrying out so much research on sea life. Certainly the story is far-fetched, & many parts of it are more boring than interesting, or captivating. But still, there is a story there, and it is worth reading.

Must read classic for boys

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.

great value and in good condition

A classic book indeed, but the book I received did not have this cover artwork

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.