Twenty thousand leagues under the sea

Main Author:	Verne, Jules, 1828-1905.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English French
Published:	Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c1990.
Series:	The World's best reading
Subjects:	Underwater exploration > Fiction. Submarines (Ships) > Fiction. Adventure stories. Science fiction

Item Description:	"This Reader's Digest edition contains the complete text of Jules Verne's Twenty thousand leagues under the sea, first published in France as Vingt mille lieuse sous les mers in 1870"--T.p. verso. Previously published: New York : Dodd, Mead, 1952. (Great illustrated classics)
Physical Description:	365 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0895773473
Author Notes:	Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828 in Nantes, France. He wrote for the theater and worked briefly as a stockbroker. He is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. His most popular novels included Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. Several of his works have been adapted into movies and TV mini-series. In 1892, he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in France. He died on March 24, 1905 at the age of 77. (Bowker Author Biography)