Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
A Classic Submarine Adventure of Scientific Discovery, Underwater Exploration, and Captain Nemo's Philosophical RevengeBy Jules Verne
Length11h 9m
About this audiobook
Published in 1870, *Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea* follows Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and the harpooner Ned Land after they are taken aboard Captain Nemo's technologically astonishing submarine, the *Nautilus*. Their voyage traverses oceans, polar waters, and submerged landscapes, combining adventure narrative, travel writing, natural history, and speculative science. Verne's richly descriptive prose transforms marine biology, engineering, and geography into sources of wonder, while Nemo's enigmatic resistance to nations and empires gives the novel a philosophical and political depth beyond its sensational plot. A foundational work of the nineteenth-century *roman scientifique*, it stands at the intersection of Romantic adventure, popular science, and the emerging literature of science fiction. Jules Verne (1828–1905), a French novelist associated with the publishing visionary Pierre-Jules Hetzel, wrote during an era captivated by industrial invention, exploration, and the expansion of scientific knowledge. His fiction sought not merely to predict machines but to dramatize how technological power might reshape human freedom, identity, and moral responsibility. Nemo embodies these tensions: he is both a brilliant innovator and a wounded, morally ambiguous outsider, reflecting contemporary anxieties about imperial domination and modernity's destructive capacities. This book is highly recommended to readers interested in the origins of science fiction, maritime adventure, and the cultural history of technology. Its imaginative submarines and undersea spectacles remain compelling, while its ethical ambiguities invite sustained reflection on progress, sovereignty, and humanity's relationship with the natural world.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.0 (335.4K)
Includes Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, Amazon
GenreScience Fiction, General Fiction
Length11 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
150+ Pirate Novels: An Ultimate Collection (Including Great Seafaring Legends)
26THE BLACK RIVER
2A SHIFTING REEF
27CHAPTER XIV
3CHAPTER II
28A NOTE OF INVITATION
4PRO AND CON
29CHAPTER XV
5CHAPTER III
30A WALK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA
Show all chaptersShow less
6I FORM MY RESOLUTION
31CHAPTER XVI
7CHAPTER IV
32A SUBMARINE FOREST
8NED LAND
33CHAPTER XVII
9CHAPTER V
34FOUR THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE PACIFIC
10AT A VENTURE
35CHAPTER XVIII
11CHAPTER VI
36VANIKORO
12AT FULL STEAM
37CHAPTER XIX
13CHAPTER VII
38TORRES STRAITS
14AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WHALE
39CHAPTER XX
15CHAPTER VIII
40A FEW DAYS ON LAND
16MOBILIS IN MOBILI
41CHAPTER XXI
17CHAPTER IX
42CAPTAIN NEMO'S THUNDERBOLT
18NED LAND'S TEMPERS
43CHAPTER XXII
19CHAPTER X
44"AEGRI SOMNIA"
20THE MAN OF THE SEAS
45CHAPTER XXIII
21CHAPTER XI
46THE CORAL KINGDOM
22ALL BY ELECTRICITY
47CHAPTER I
23CHAPTER XII
48THE INDIAN OCEAN
24SOME FIGURES
49CHAPTER II
25CHAPTER XIII
50A NOVEL PROPOSAL OF CAPTAIN NEMO'S
Reise um die Erde in achtzig TagenJules Verne7h 56m4.1 (369.3K)$10 · $0.00
Reise nach dem Mittelpunkt der ErdeJules Verne7h 38m4.0 (281.1K)$10 · $0.00
Zwanzigtausend Meilen unter'm MeerJules Verne15h 1m4.0 (346.9K)$17 · $0.00
Die geheimnisvolle InselJules Verne23h 57m4.3 (241.4K)$18 · $0.00
Von der Erde zum MondJules Verne6h 20m3.8 (48.4K)$10 · $0.00
Die Abenteuer des Kapitän Nemo - Folge 5: KopfgeldJules Verne, Marc Freund1h 3m4.3 (16)$7 · $0.00
The Great Travels & Travellers (Illustrated Edition)Jules Verne55h 23m4.1 (49)$1.99 · $0.00
A Journey to the Center of the Earth & The Mysterious Island (Illustrated Edition)Jules Verne32h 27m4.3 (2.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
Vernania: The Celebrated Works of Jules Verne in One EditionJules Verne217h 7m$1.99 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (With Original Illustrations)Jules Verne13h 16m4.1 (334K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Greatest Sci-Fi ClassicsJules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edwin A. Abbott, Jack London, Edward Bellamy, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, H. Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ayn Rand, Hugh Benson, David Lindsay, Abraham Merritt180h 4m4.2 (123)$1.99 · $0.00
Die geheimnisvolle Insel (Sci-Fi Klassiker)Jules Verne25h 24m4.1 (1.9K)$1 · $0.00
40+ Abenteuerromane für den Lese-UrlaubJules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Joseph Conrad, Walter Scott, Arthur Conan Doyle, Herman Melville, James Fenimore Cooper, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Daniel Defoe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Karl May, Emilio Salgari, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Frederick Kapitän Marryat, Friedrich Gerstäcker, Sophie Wörishöffer, Amalie Schoppe, Pierre Loti, G. K. Chesterton, Robert Kraft, Franz Treller, Gustave Aimard897h 49m4.3 (12)$1 · $0.00
THE MYSTERIOUS ISLANDJules Verne43h 12m4.2 (256.8K)$1.99 · $0.00
The Blockade RunnersJules Verne2h3.6 (2.1K)$10 · $0.00
Die fantastischen Reisen: Verne-Abenteuer-ReiheJules Verne735h 24m4.6 (23)$1 · $0.00
50+ Pirate Novels: An Ultimate Collection (Including Great Seafaring Legends)Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, Jeffery Farnol, Howard Pyle, Jack London, Arthur Conan Doyle, Richard Le Gallienne, Walter Scott, Frederick Ferdinand Moore, Daniel Defoe, Alexandre Dumas, Frederick Marryat, John Masefield, Rafael Sabatini, Harold MacGrath, Joseph Lewis French, Harry Collingwood, Charles Boardman Hawes, L. Frank Baum, J. M. Barrie, R. M. Ballantyne, G. A. Henty, Stephen W. Meader, J. Allan Dunn, Robert E. Howard, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph D. Paine, W. H. G. Kingston, William Macleod Raine, Percy F.Westerman481h 59m$1.99 · $0.00
The Greatest Sci-Fi ClassicsJules Verne, H. G. Wells, Mary Shelley, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Edwin A. Abbott, Jack London, Edward Bellamy, Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, H. Rider Haggard, William Hope Hodgson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Hugh Benson, David Lindsay, Abraham Merritt179h 33m$2.99 · $0.00
60 Space Sci-Fi BooksJules Verne, Percy Greg, David Lindsay, Edward Everett Hale, John Jacob Astor, Murray Leinster, H. Beam Piper, Frederik Pohl, Fritz Leiber, Irving E. Cox, Philip K. Dick, Richard Stockham, H. G. Wells, E. E. Smith, Edwin Lester Arnold, Gustavus W. Pope310h 57m$1.99 · $0.00
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book SetToshikazu Kawaguchi18h 55m4.5 (1.4K)$40 · $0.00
PRIMAL 2055 - EscapeJack Silkstone6h 47m4.4 (232)Free
Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen (Annotated)H. Beam Piper8h 23m4.5 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
Philip K. Dick: SF Boxed SetPhilip K. Dick29h 38m4.5 (608)$1 · $0.00
Magician's EndRaymond E. Feist17h 5m4.4 (21.7K)$40 · $0.00
Good OmensNeil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett12h 14m4.4 (1M)$29 · $0.00
The Emperor's FistJay Allan8h 37m4.5 (272)$26 · $0.00
The DispossessedUrsula K. Le Guin13h 26m4.4 (189.3K)$33 · $0.00
1984George Orwell11h 31m4.3 (6.2M)$1.20 · $0.00
Lost ValleyWalt Browning7h 47m4.3 (5.4K)$20 · $0.00
AgincourtBernard Cornwell16h 18m4.3 (41.4K)$40 · $0.00
Frankenstein (The Uncensored 1818 Edition) (Annotated)Mary Shelley9h 25m4.3 (1.7M)$3 · $0.00
The World Wasn't Ready for YouJustin C. Key11h 34m4.4 (812)$5 · $0.00
Godzilla vs. KongGreg Keyes10h 32m4.3 (1.4K)$20 · $0.00
Alas, Babylon (Annotated)Pat Frank12h 32m4.3 (11.6K)$2 · $0.00
Day of WrathWilliam R. Forstchen4h 36m4.3 (1.9K)$14 · $0.00
AbandonedJules Verne7h 42m4.3 (1.1K)$2.30 · $0.00
StargodsIan Douglas12h 15m4.4 (732)$5 · $0.00
Two Plays for VoicesNeil Gaiman2h 4m4.3 (1K)$16 · $0.00
March UpcountryDavid Weber, John Ringo17h 17m4.2 (17.1K)$28 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett11h 23m4.5 (189.9K)$29 · $0.00
Glen AffricKarine Giebel22h 51m4.5 (3.2K)$46 · $0.00
The Book Of NegroesLawrence Hill15h 45m4.5 (107.3K)$33 · $0.00
Anne of Green GablesL. M. Montgomery11h 1m4.5 (1.2M)$2.30 · $0.00
Lieutenant Hornblower (Annotated)C. S. Forester11h 41m4.5 (2.9K)$2 · $0.00
You may also like
20,000 Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne16h 26m4.0 (335.3K)$29 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeaJules Verne15h 45m4.0 (330.2K)$2.30 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Annotated)Jules Verne13h 31m4.3 (3.6K)$2 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJules Verne11h 19m4.1 (309.1K)$21
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (With Original Illustrations) (Annotated)Jules Verne13h 28m4.3 (868)$2 · $0.00
20000 Leagues Under The SeaJules Verne16h 16m4.1 (335.8K)$1 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeasJules Verne15h 44m4.1 (330.5K)$21 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the SeasJules Verne15h 45m4.0 (328.3K)Free
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas Jules Verne14h 47m4.1 (319.5K) · 1125 Only with Ultra
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Illustrated Edition)Jules Verne18h 33m4.4 (12.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
20000 Leagues Under The SeaJules Verne16h 16m4.0 (336K)$3 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJules Verne12h 19m4.0 (337.6K)$1 · $0.00
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Illustrated)Jules Verne12h 56m4.1 (3.4K)$1 · $0.00
20,000 Leagues under the SeaJules Verne11h 12m4.1 (353.5K)$20
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJules Verne11h 2m4.1 (665K)$2.30
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaJules Verne5h 33m4.1 (302.6K)$17
The Voyages And Adventures Of Captain HatterasJules Verne15h 11m4.0 (3.5K)$2.30
Robur the ConquerorJules Verne5h 59m3.7 (3.1K)$2.30
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Illustrated) (Annotated)Jules Verne13h 32m4.1 (286.7K)$1.99 · $0.00
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea (With Original Illustrations)Jules Verne13h 16m4.1 (334K)$1.99 · $0.00