Jules Verne ; [this abridgement by Robin Waterfield].
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Puffin,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1986
Date of Manufacture
(1994[printing])
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
279 pages ;
Dimensions
20 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Puffin classics
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Translation of: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Floating reef -- For and against -- As Monsieur pleases -- Ned land -- With all steam on -- Whale of an unknown species -- Mobilis in Mobili -- Ned Land's anger -- Nemo -- Nautilus -- Invitation -- At the bottom of the sea -- Submarine forest -- Four thousand leagues under the Pacific -- Torres straits -- Captain Nemo's thunderbolt -- Morbid slumber -- Coral kingdom -- Indian Ocean -- Fresh proposition of Captain Nemo's -- Pearl worth ten millions -- Red Sea -- Mediterranean -- Vigo Bay -- Vanished Continent -- Sargasso Sea, Cachalots and Whales -- Ice-bank -- South Pole -- Accident or incident? -- Want of air -- Squids -- Gulf stream -- Hecatomb -- Captain Nemo's last words -- Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
USERS/INTENDED AUDIENCE NOTE
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Young Adult.
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Science fiction.
Adventure fiction, French, Tranlations into English.
French fiction, Translations into English.
Nemo, Captain (Fictitious character), Fiction.
Sea Stories.
Submarines (Ships), Fiction.
9-11 years; Fiction; Ordinary Printed Book Format; Non-character; Non Tie-in.