Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Author: (French) Jules Verne / Wen Lihua
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea recounts a strange, mysterious, and unexplained incident that occurred at sea in 1866. Let alone the various rumors that stirred coastal residents and global public opinion at the time, this story focuses on the heightened emotions of general seafarers. Merchants, captains, shipowners, naval officers and officials from Europe and America, as well as governments from both continents, paid close attention to this event. Here’s how it went: Recently, several large ships encountered a "giant creature" at sea—a long, spindle-shaped object that sometimes glowed with phosphorescence, far larger and faster than a whale. Regarding its appearance, many maritime logs recorded similar facts (such as the creature’s shape, its unestimated speed during movement, its astonishing strength, and its innate special abilities, etc.), which were largely consistent. If this creature were a type of whale, its size would far exceed the classifications biologists had ever made.