\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri105 \f1 \b Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea)\par
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\b0 Published in 1870, \i Twenty Thou
sand Leagues Under the Sea\i0 (\i Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea\i0 )\i \i0 tells the story of ten months spent beneath the oceans by the French naturalist Aronnax and his servant after they had embarked, against their will, on a submarine. Comm
anded by Captain Nemo, the \i Nautilus\i0 exercises a reign of terror over the seas. Amidst giant octopuses and islands filled with cannibals, from the isthmus of Suez to the Antarctic, and in the company of a crew of desperadoes, adventures and dramati
c turns come thick and fast. In no other book did Jules Verne show such forceful mastery of his style or convey with so much conviction his fascination with scientific progress and with men who are out of the common, riddled with contradictions and baffl
