Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

Opening of the book

Twenty Thousand
Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Contents
PART I
CHAPTER I A SHIFTING REEF
CHAPTER II PRO AND CON
CHAPTER III I FORM MY RESOLUTION
CHAPTER IV NED LAND
CHAPTER V AT A VENTURE
CHAPTER VI AT FULL STEAM
CHAPTER VII AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WHALE
CHAPTER VIII MOBILIS IN MOBILI
CHAPTER IX NED LAND’S TEMPERS
CHAPTER X THE MAN OF THE SEAS
CHAPTER XI ALL BY ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER XII SOME FIGURES

CHAPTER XIII THE BLACK RIVER
CHAPTER XIV A NOTE OF INVITATION
CHAPTER XV A WALK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
CHAPTER XVI A SUBMARINE FOREST
CHAPTER XVII FOUR THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE PACIFIC
CHAPTER XVIII VANIKORO
CHAPTER XIX TORRES STRAITS
CHAPTER XX A FEW DAYS ON LAND
CHAPTER XXI CAPTAIN NEMO’S THUNDERBOLT
CHAPTER XXII “ÆGRI SOMNIA”
CHAPTER XXIII THE CORAL KINGDOM
PART II
CHAPTER I THE INDIAN OCEAN
CHAPTER II A NOVEL PROPOSAL OF CAPTAIN NEMO’S
CHAPTER III A PEARL OF TEN MILLIONS
CHAPTER IV THE RED SEA
CHAPTER V THE ARABIAN TUNNEL
CHAPTER VI THE GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO
CHAPTER VII THE MEDITERRANEAN IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
CHAPTER VIII VIGO BAY
CHAPTER IX A VANISHED CONTINENT
CHAPTER X THE SUBMARINE COAL-MINES
CHAPTER XI THE SARGASSO SEA
CHAPTER XII CACHALOTS AND WHALES
CHAPTER XIII THE ICEBERG
CHAPTER XIV THE SOUTH POLE
CHAPTER XV ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT?
CHAPTER XVI WANT OF AIR
CHAPTER XVII FROM CAPE HORN TO THE AMAZON
CHAPTER XVIII THE POULPS

CHAPTER XIX THE GULF STREAM
CHAPTER XX FROM LATITUDE 47° 24′ TO LONGITUDE 17° 28′
CHAPTER XXI A HECATOMB
CHAPTER XXII THE LAST WORDS OF CAPTAIN NEMO
CHAPTER XXIII CONCLUSION
List of Illustrations
An old grey-bearded gunner . . . .
Captain Nemo’s state-room
Captain Nemo took the Sun’s altitude
I was ready to set out
Conseil seized his gun
All fell on their knees in an attitude of prayer
A terrible combat began
“A man! A shipwrecked sailor!” I cried
The Nautilus was floating near a mountain
The Nautilus was blocked up
One of these long arms glided through the opening
The unfortunate vessel sank more rapidly

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