Jules Verne, a prominent French author, wrote three iconic novels that have captivated readers for centuries: 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas, The Mysterious Island, and Around the World in 80 Days. Verne's works are known for their adventurous spirit, scientific ingenuity, and vivid storytelling. 20,000 Leagues Under the Seas takes readers on a thrilling submarine journey with Captain Nemo, exploring the depths of the ocean and encountering fantastical sea creatures. The Mysterious Island tells the tale of a group of castaways using their wits and resourcefulness to survive on a remote island. Around the World in 80 Days follows the daring escapades of Phileas Fogg as he races to circumnavigate the globe in record time. Verne's literary style seamlessly combines science fiction, adventure, and social commentary, making his works timeless classics that continue to inspire readers of all ages. Jules Verne's imaginative storytelling and attention to detail make his novels essential reads for anyone seeking thrilling adventures and thought-provoking narratives.

Capt. Nemo is comprised of two Jules Verne books which feature this idealistic and ingenious captain. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction telling the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The Mysterious Island is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways. The story tells the adventures of five Americans on an uncharted island in the South Pacific.

Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.

'I am going to sink it.' 'You are not!' 'I am,' he coldly replied. 'Do not take it on yourself to judge me, monsieur.' French naturalist Dr Aronnax embarks on an expedition to hunt down a sea monster, but discovers instead the Nautilus, a self-contained world built by its enigmatic captain. Together Nemo and Aronnax explore the underwater realms of the globe, undergo a transcendental experience amongst the ruins of Atlantis, and plant a black flag at the South Pole. Nemo's mission is finally revealed to be a violent one-and his methods coldly efficient. Verne's classic novel has left a profound mark on subsequent centuries. Its themes are universal, its style alternately humorous and grandiose, its construction masterly. This new and unabridged translation brilliantly conveys the range of this seminal work. The volume also contains unpublished information about the novel's inception.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's periodical, the Magasin d'�ducation et de R�cr�ation. The deluxe illustrated edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and �douard Riou. The book was highly acclaimed when released and still is now; it is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. The description of Nemo's ship, called the Nautilus, was considered ahead of its time, as it accurately describes features on submarines, which at the time were very primitive vessels.Jules Verne's wrote a sequel to this book: L'�le myst�rieuse (The Mysterious Island, 1874), which concludes the stories begun by Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and In Search of the Castaways. While The Mysterious Island seems to give more information about Nemo (or Prince Dakkar), it is muddied by the presence of several irreconcilable chronological contradictions between the two books and even within The Mysterious Island.Verne returned to the theme of an outlaw submarine captain in his much later Facing the Flag. That book's main villain, Ker Karraje, is a completely unscrupulous pirate acting purely and simply for gain, completely devoid of all the saving graces which gave Nemo--for all that he, too, was capable of ruthless killings--some nobility of character.Like Nemo, Ker Karraje plays "host" to unwilling French guests--but unlike Nemo, who manages to elude all pursuers, Karraje's career of outlawry is decisively ended by the combination of an international task force and the rebellion of his French captives. Though also widely published and translated, it never attained the lasting popularity of Twenty Thousand Leagues.More similar to the original Nemo, though with a less finely worked-out character, is Robur in Robur the Conqueror--a dark and flamboyant outlaw rebel using an aircraft instead of a submarine--later used as a basis for the movie Master of the World.