Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, credited to Jules Verne, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne. (Translated by F. P. Walter.) Read in English by Michele Fry Originally published 1870, this recording is from the English translation by Frederick P. Walter, published 1991, containing the unabridged text from the original French and offered up into the public domain. It is considered to be the very first science fiction novel ever written, the first novel about the undersea world, and is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax - Summary by Michele Fry

Recording facts

• Recording title: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea
• Author credits: Jules Verne
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 48
• Listed recording duration: 16:46:23

Catalogue topics

• Jules Verne
• biology
• captain nemo
• nautilis
• ned land
• classification of species

Opening tracks: first 24 of 48

1. 00 - Introduction — 12:01
2. 01 - 1-1. A Runaway Reef — 17:03
3. 02 - 1-2. The Pros and Cons — 13:52
4. 03 - 1-3. As Master Wishes — 12:09
5. 04 - 1-4. Ned Land — 16:10
6. 05 - 1-5. At Random! — 15:01
7. 06 - 1-6. At Full Steam — 18:16
8. 07 - 1-7. A Whale of Unknown Species — 17:09
9. 08 - 1-8. Mobilis in Mobili — 19:38
10. 09 - 1-9. The Tantrums of Ned Land — 16:20
11. 10 - 1-10. The Man Of The Waters — 21:04
12. 11 - 1-11. The Nautilus — 19:43
13. 12 - 1-12. Everything through Electricity — 16:44
14. 13 - 1-13. Some Figures — 16:56
15. 14 - 1-14. The Black Current — 27:48
16. 15 - 1-15. An Invitation in Writing — 19:08
17. 16 - 1-16. Strolling the Plains — 15:20
18. 17 - 1-17. An Underwater Forest — 16:52
19. 18 - 1-18. Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific — 20:39
20. 19 - 1-19. Vanikoro — 25:00
21. 20 - 1-20. The Torres Strait — 20:21
22. 21 - 1-21. Some Days Ashore — 25:00
23. 22 - 1-22. The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo — 24:49
24. 23 - 1-23. Aegri Somnia — 20:39

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