Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Jules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre and is best known for his books Journey to the Center of the Earth and Around the World in Eighty Days. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic in which Verne prophesized many modern uses of the submarine. The story concerns the now famous fictional character Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Pierre Aronnax. Over the years there have been many film, TV, and theatrical adaptations and variations of the book.