20,000 Leagues Under the Sea---Illustrated World Literature Master Guide Edition

Author: [French] Jules Verne
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: Chinese set of encyclopedic illustrated classic readers! Includes expert introductions: Background Knowledge / Author Introduction / Work Overview; Exclusive introduction of exquisite illustrations by renowned Italian artists; It is both a literary classic accompanied by beautiful color illustrations and an encyclopedia about the classic. The news of a huge unidentified creature swimming in the ocean spreads rapidly in Europe and America. The U.S. Navy sails to capture this monster but suffers a humiliating defeat and loses the ship's biologist Professor Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and the Canadian whaler Ned Land into the sea, only to end up aboard the monster. It turns out that the monster is a submarine called the Nautilus. From then on, they embark on a mysterious underwater journey aboard the Nautilus. The Pacific, Indian Ocean, Atlantic, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Antarctica, and the entire marine world become their travel destinations. Like the biologist Professor Aronnax in the novel, the various creatures appearing in the story are described and explained in detail. This work was serialized in the magazine Educational and Entertaining for over a year and received excellent feedback. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea can be said to be one of Verne's works where literary and scientific elements are best expressed. In Verne's hands, the novel is almost like a heroic epic or a television series, captivating readers and leaving them unable to put it down. While reading, readers can fully unleash their imagination, envisioning the mysterious wonders of the deep sea and following Captain Nemo as he turns the Atlantic, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Antarctica, and the entire marine world into his travel destinations.