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gabmc 's review for:
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
I enjoyed this book, but it was quite different to what I thought it was going to be. I knew that a main character was Captain Nemo - and I knew that he is often described as 'mysterious' but I had no idea just how mysterious he really was. Even the word 'Nemo', I learned from the book, means 'nobody'. Captain Nemo is the commander of the Nautilus - an amazing submarine that belongs to no country and is able to be submerged for most of the time. Captain Nemo takes pity on three men who survive an accident at sea: Professor Arronax (a French marine biologist), his servant Conseil and Ned Land (a Canadian whale harpooner) and rescues them onto the Nautilus. The catch is though that they can never leave. While there were certainly adventures in the book, a lot of it was very descriptive of sea life, almost boringly so. I'm glad I read it and will read more by Jules Verne.