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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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LENGTH18 hrs and 41 mins
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RELEASE DATE01-24-13
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Program TypeAudiobook
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Publisher's Summary
Jules Verne’s classic underwater tale.
A mysterious sea monster, theorized by some to be a giant narwhal, is sighted by ships of several nations; an ocean liner is also damaged by the creature. The United States government finally assembles an expedition to track down and destroy the menace. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a noted French marine biologist and narrator of the story, master harpoonist Ned Land, and Aronnax's faithful assistant Conseil join the expedition.
After much fruitless searching, the monster is found, and the ship charges into battle. During the fight, the ship's steering is damaged, and the three men are thrown overboard. They find themselves stranded on the "hide" of the creature, only to discover to their surprise that it is a large metal construct. They are quickly captured and brought inside the vessel, where they meet its enigmatic creator and commander, Captain Nemo.
Public Domain (P)2012 Trout Lake Media
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"Feel like I went on the voyage"
If you could sum up Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea in three words, what would they be?Breathtaking unforgettable voyage
What did you like best about this story?When they went for their first walk underwater to the forest. The way the reader brought excitement in his voice when talking about the wanders the professor was seeing piked your interest so much that you had to stop the book and go look up pictures of what the book was describing. And that caused the book to come even more to life. And the walk through the sunken city of Atlantis. The description of the volcanic active lightening up the city. It made me want to take the time to wonder among the ruins described.
Which character – as performed by Peter Hussman – was your favorite?The Canadian harpooner - Peter's voice inflections brought alive the surliness, frustration and anger. You didn't just hear the words you felt like the real person was there and you were witnessing the actual scene.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?Most definitely. And I will listen to it again.
Any additional comments?I knew that movies aren't as good as the book and that Disney basically rewrote most of the stories they made. But they left so much of the best stuff out of the movie that it was a real surprise to actually listen to the book. I hated to stop to go into work each day. And I would take the country way home so I could drive slower to be able to listen longer. While the Nautilus was going through the Mediterranean, I was driving though the ice and snow. The story became so involving that when I parked, it was like going into a dream world instead of reality when I got out to face the walk through the cold parking lot to work.
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"The first Leg"
What made the experience of listening to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea the most enjoyable?I had forgotten about the Canadian chareter beign so prevalent in the story
What other book might you compare Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to and why?Journy to the center of the earth:
why:
Same author
Similar scientific / naturalist discussions
Excellent euphamisums and descriptions of the foreign presonality and ideals without being odvoius.
(Canadian in this book and the Icelander in Journy to the center of the Earth)
What about Peter Hussman’s performance did you like?good voice work, not as much deffinition of charecter by voice action as Ive heard befroe but still very eliquently spoken.
Any additional comments?chapter pauses are too long more then once i found myself checking to see if the program had paused.
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"wow really enjoyed this"
loved this very very interesting. great fun. have been meaning to read this for years well worth it and better to listen!
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