Jules VERNE (1869) 20000
Leagues Under the Sea
By Sergio J. Villanueva Tolosa, 1º Bachillerato
A
This is a
book narrated in first person by the French professor Pierre Aronnax, a
biologist who is taken prisoner by Captain Nemo. They travel through the oceans
aboard the submarine Nautilus, in company of servant Conseil and Canadian
harpooner Ned Land.
The story
begins with an American expedition searching for a supposed sea creature, a
giant narwhale. Pierre receives an invitation to join this expedition and he
accepts it. During the hunting, the
protagonists are thrown overboard the ship as a result of an onslaught of the
animal. They end up on top of the creature but they discover that it is not an
animal, it's a perfect piece of engineering, the first submarine. Inside the
mysterious artefact they meet Captain Nemo, who offers them the opportunity to live
in the submarine in return for not saying anything about the existence of this
secret machine. The story continues with the adventures of the main characters
aboard the submarine, the magnificent Nautilus.
Chapter 8, “A lost
continent”, is my favourite. It's a chapter in which the characters, after
climbing a big seamount, discover Atlantis, a legendary island which, according
to the legend, sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of
misfortune". There, they see many incredible things such as Greek columns,
statues, monuments…
This book is a classic. First
I read an adaptation but after I finished reading it, I started to read the
full version because it is an interesting story about sea adventures.
Therefore, I would recommend it to anyone who has some spare time and likes
reading, both children and adults, the age doesn´t matter.
No comments:
Post a Comment