Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Published: April 11, 2022, 6 a.m.

Tonight, we\u2019ll read the opening to \u201cTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea\u201d a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne.\nThe book is regarded as one of the premier adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works. Its depiction of Captain Nemo's underwater ship, the Nautilus, is regarded as ahead of its time, since it accurately describes many features of today's submarines, which in the 1860s were comparatively primitive vessels.\n\u2014 read by N \u2014\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices