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    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
    Audiobook18 hours

    Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

    Written by Jules Verne

    Narrated by Bill Homewood

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    The most exciting underwater adventure ever! In 1866, a mysterious giant whale savagely attacks shipping in international seas. A famous French marine biologist, Pierre Aronnax, joins the hunt to track down and incapacitate the creature. With him are his loyal servant Conseil and the redoubtable Canadian harpooner Ned Land. They soon find that their enemy is no sea beast, but a brilliantly designed submarine. They are captured and imprisoned by its master, the sinister Captain Nemo. The story is relentlessly thrilling, while containing beautifully written observations of underwater life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateAug 1, 2016
    ISBN9781781980125
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    Jules Verne

    Jules Gabriel Verne was born in the seaport of Nantes, France, in 1828 and was destined to follow his father into the legal profession. In Paris to train for the bar, he took more readily to literary life, befriending Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo, and living by theatre managing and libretto-writing. His first science-based novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, was issued by the influential publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel in 1862, and made him famous. Verne and Hetzel collaborated to write dozens more such adventures, including 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea in 1869 and Around the World in 80 Days in 1872. In later life Verne entered local politics at Amiens, where had had a home. He also kept a house in Paris, in the street now named Boulevard Jules Verne, and a beloved yacht, the Saint Michel, named after his son. He died in 1905.

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    • 3/5
      I can see why it was a masterpiece of its time and became a classic, but I don't think it stands the test of time.

      In the 1800s when this book was published most people had never seen an iceberg or any of these creatures so hours of geniological classification was probably at least somewhat interesting. Now in the modern age where many people have either experienced these things physically or visually such as via a documentary, the same magic and wonder is lost and it comes across as just hours of bleh. I'd dear say that was one third the book.

      In turn because so much time is spent on the topic of classifications, the actual characterization of the cast is incredibly weak. We know very little about any of the main cast beyond their breed introduction and they're never really fleshed out in anyway. Even the captain is just a vaguely mysterious figure with a past that's never unraveled or addressed. This is a real shame because with only a handful of named characters you'd think the author would do better to breath some life into them.

      This weak characterization combined with the bore of hours of geniological classifications literally zaps the interest of the reader.

      Finally the plot is fairly one dimensional. Try to figure out who the Captain really is to no avail, go somewhere new, describe it the fish along the way, gaze in awe and wonder, reach destination, describe it, again gaze in awe and wonder, leave, consider escaping, don't actually escape, and repeat. The plot never feels like it reaches a croscendo because in truth, there is none.

      The what part of this entire experience was the narrator Bill Hemwood who really made each individual character's voice as impactful as possible. Because of his great audio work I could feel the emotions of the characters in tense moments. Their anguish, excitement, anticipation, awe and glee. Truly this man is talented.

      Not to say this novel doesn't have it's moments, there were some really nice bits. But overall it was just ok and I'd give it a 2.5/5 at best. Wouldn't recommend it, wouldn't read or listen to it again.

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    • 4/5
      Loved the adventure throughout the story, but I felt the ending was anti-climactic. There were also several questions brought up by the narrator which the reader was never given answers to.
    • 5/5
      A classic epic adventure, great for lovers of science. Loved the narration
    • 5/5
      One of the best adventures book I've read. Can't wait to read another Jules Verne's book
    • 5/5
      Wonderful story and reader ! Fantastic ! I loved it