Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea

';The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgottenFor some time past, vessels had been met by ';an enormous thing,' a long object, spindle-shaped, occasionally phosphorescent, and infinitely larger and more rapid in its movements than a whale.'When Professor Aronnax agrees to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster, he begins an incredible underwater journey that leads him from Atlantis to the South Pole. Through unforeseen dangers, surprise encounters, and exotic settings, this epic adventure is a tour-de-force of imagination and narrative grandeur.Jules Verne was remarkably successful in foretelling the wonders science held for the future. This, his most famous novel, earned him the title of ';Father of Science Fiction.'