Study notes: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
A professor sets out to hunt a sea monster and finds instead the submarine Nautilus and its mysterious captain, Nemo. As a guest who cannot leave, he sees underwater forests, coral graves, the South Pole, and lost Atlantis. Verne fills the voyage with real science of his time.
Themes
Exploration and science. Freedom. Nature's wonders.
People to follow
Professor Aronnax, Conseil, Ned Land, and Captain Nemo.
Talk about
- Why does Nemo live under the sea?
- Which of Verne's ideas came true?
- Why does Ned Land want to escape?
Public-domain text. First published in 1870; Jules Verne died in 1905, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.