Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

<B>Discover Jules Verne’s epic underwater adventure with this gorgeous collectible edition of <I>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.</I><br><br></B>Professor Aronnax, a marine biologist, joins harpoonist Ned Land in search of a mysterious sea creature in the open ocean, only to discover that the beast is actually a submarine piloted by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. They are taken captive, thus beginning a strange undersea voyage from Antarctic ice shelves to the subterranean city of Atlantis, hunting sharks along the way.<br><br>This collectible edition of <I>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea</I> features:<br><br><ul><li>An elegant faux-leather cover with foil-embossed designs</li><li>Introduction by English scholar and professor Allen Grove</li><li>Unabridged text</li><li>A timeline of the life and times of Jules Verne</li></ul><br>This stunning classic is a perfect gift or a wonderful addition to your home library.<br><br><P>Essential volumes for the shelves of every classic literature lover, <B>Chartwell Deluxe Editions</B> offer beautifully presented works from some of the most important authors in literary history. Other deluxe classics from Chartwell include <I>Little Women</I>, <I>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</I>, <I>The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe</I>, <I>Anne of Green Gables</I>, <I>The Inferno</I>, <I>Dracula</I>, <I>The Republic</I>, <I>The Iliad</I>, <I>Meditations</I>, and <I>Irish Fairy and Folk Tales</I>.</P>