Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Vernepublished in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The original edition had no illustrations; the first illustrated edition was published by Hetzel with illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou. Text and chapters are perfectly set up to match the layout and feel of a physical copy, rather than b