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pamela_m 's review for:
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
First off the title is deceiving, the translation from French would be "20,000 Leagues Under the SEAS". It's not a depth, it's a distance. The submarine adventure is around the world. If you like descriptions of fishes then this is the book for you!! The guy that wrote the forward said to skip the lengthy fish descriptions and was he right! I'm not sure if it's an age or translation issue but I just don't believe this book holds up today. The dialogue of the main character reminds me of that movie Cabin Boy, he talks all kinds of old timey fancy pants that had me giggling. In 1866 this book would have been an amazing marvel. Not so much today.