Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.nfo
General Information
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Title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Author: Jules Verne
Read By: Bill Homewood
Genre: Classics: European Literature
Copyright:
Audiobook Copyright: 2016
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Release date: 2016-05-13
Duration: 18 hrs and 52 mins
Media Information
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Lossless Encode: No
Encoded Codec: MP3 / LAME 3.97
Encoded Sample Rate: 44100 Hz
Encoded Channels: 1
Encoded Bitrate: 64 kbits
Book Description
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The most exciting underwater adventure ever!
In 1866 a mysterious giant whale savagely attacks ships in international seas. A famous French marine biologist, Pierre
Aronnax, joins the hunt to track down and incapacitate the creature. With him are his loyal servant, Conseil, and
redoubtable Canadian harpooner Ned Land. They soon find that their enemy is no sea beast but a brilliantly designed
submarine. They are captured and imprisoned by its master, the sinister Captain Nemo. The story is relentlessly
thrilling while containing beautifully written observations of underwater life.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea has been hugely influential on popular culture, having inspired several stage and
film adaptations, including a Walt Disney film with Kirk Douglas. Captain Nemo also appears as a main character in the
graphic novel and film The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
Bill Homewood's distinctive voice is perfect for the French classics: He has previously read The Hunchback of Notre Dame
and The Three Musketeers for Naxos AudioBooks and is "...a narrator so perfectly matched to his material that you can't
help but smile" (The Times).
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