20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Enriched Classics)

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A group of men set sail to solve the mystery of a sea monster in this amazing underwater adventure. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations Detailed explanatory notes Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful 　　commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON

Jules Verne， (1828-1905) was born in France. Around the World in Eighty Days has long been his most popular novel. Verne is credited with creating the genre of science fiction with such other works as Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousan

INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF JULES VERNE'S

　LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF 20,000

　Leagues Under the Sea: x8oo--i9oo

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

　PART I

　　A SHIFTING REEF

　　PRO AND CON

　　I FORM MY RESOLUTION

　　NED LAND

　　AT A VENTURE

　　AT FULL STEAM

　　AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WHALE

　　MOBILIS IN MOBILI

　　NED LAND'S TEMPERS

　　THE MAN OF THE SEAS

　　ALL BY ELECTRICITY

　　SOME FIGURES

　　THE BLACK RIVER

　　A NOTE OF INVITATION

　　A WALK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

　　A SUBMARINE FOREST

　　FOUR THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER

　　　THE PACIFIC

　　VANI KORO

　 TORRES STRAITS

　 A FEW DAYS ON LAND

　 CAPTAIN MEMO'S THUNDERBOLT

　　EGRI SOMNIA"

　　THE CORAL KINGDOM

PART II

THE INDIAN OCEAN

　　A NOVEL PROPOSAL OF CAPTAIN NEMO'S

　　A PEARL OF TEN MILLIONS

　　THE RED SEA

　　THE ARABIAN TUNNEL

　　THE GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO

　　THE MEDITERRANEAN IN FORTY-EIGHT

　　　HOURS

nilVIGO BAY

　　A VANISHED CONTINENT

　　THE SUBMARINE COAL-MINES

　　THE SARGASSO SEA

　 CACHALOTS AND WHALES

　　THE ICEBERG

　　THE SOUTH POLE

　　ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT?

　　WANT OF AIR

　　XviI, FROM CAPE HORN TO THE AMAZON

　　 THE POULPB

　　THE GULF STREAM

　　FROM LATITUDE 47' 24' TO LONGITUDE

　　　17'28'

　　A HECATOMB

　　THE LAST WORDS OF CAPTAIN NEMO

　　CONCLUSION

　　　NOTES

　　　INTERPRETIVE NOTES

　　　CRITICAL EXCERPTS

　　　OUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

　　　SUGGESTIONS FOR THE

　　　INTERESTED READER