Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Discover Jules Verne's epic underwater adventure with this gorgeous collectible edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.Professor Aronnax, a marine biologist, joins harpoonist Ned Land in search of a mysterious sea creature in the open ocean, only to discover that the beast is actually a submarine piloted by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. They are taken captive, thus beginning a strange undersea voyage from Antarctic ice shelves to the subterranean city of Atlantis, hunting sharks along the way.This collectible edition of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea features:An elegant faux-leather cover with foil-embossed designsIntroduction by English scholar and professor Allen GroveUnabridged textA timeline of the life and times of Jules VerneThis stunning classic is a perfect gift or a wonderful addition to your home library.Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, Chartwell Deluxe Editions offer beautifully presented works from some of the most important authors in literary history. Other deluxe classics from Chartwell include Little Women, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, Anne of Green Gables, The Inferno, Dracula, The Republic, The Iliad, Meditations, and Irish Fairy and Folk Tales.