Jules Verne Collection

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Around the World in 80 Days and The Mysterious Island

By: Jules Verne

Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston

From the pen of one of the literary world’s finest explorers of the imagination, these classic tales of fantastical habitats and intrepid adventurers delve deep into every mysterious corner of planet Earth.

Discover the lost city of Atlantis in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, encounter prehistoric sea monsters below the earth’s crust in Journey to the Center of the Earth, circumnavigate the globe by sea, air, and land in Around the World in Eighty Days and find yourself marooned in the Pacific in The Mysterious Island.

Whether you’ve adventured with Verne before or are only just setting off on your maiden voyage, this collection encompasses the most extraordinary adventures the father of science fiction has to offer.

Public Domain (P)2020 Mason D. Gray

awesome

Loved it !! this story. the narrator is so fantastic it's like your really there!! good overall

Good stories bad narrator

I read the HG Wells collection and the stories were about as good but I liked them so much better because each story was told by a different famous actor who brought life to the story. This whole collection is read by one guy who almost never doesn’t sound like he is clearly trying (and sometimes struggling) to read aloud. He makes it hard to get into the stories.
Jules Verne clearly likes to go into too much detail about all things scientific (and I love science, but he goes into so much detail that it detracts from the overall story) and the narrator’s monotone makes it even more tedious. I had to read one story at a time and then read a few other books in between because this was so boring.

So my recommendation is to try a sample first.

The mysterious island is a survival story of a life time

A few jumps and changes in audio but loved it regardless. Always worth a listen

excellent narrator

excellent narrator. these stories are classic for reason. thoroughly enjoyable if you can accept some of the constraints authors of this time had.

timeless and spellbinding

Another time different worlds.... time travel (in words) and adventure! Try it, you'll like it!

Great Classics

A must-have for fans of Verne stories and a good way of getting the kids interested by using it like "bed-night" stories or long travels.

Great narrator

Great narrator for these classic Jules Verne tales. Sometimes an old book is a monotonous and droning listen. This narrator has the perfect tone and inflection. It seems authentic to the story but understandable with life.

Just amazing

I love Jules Verne and his stories alot. Jim D. Johnston was just fantastic at narrating this great collection of beloved classics. I'm really wanting to hear more of his work. My Favorite story is still Journey to the Center of the Earth but Jim made me love 20,000 Leagues a little more.

I Geel Like a Better Person For Having Listened

I feel like a better informed, more well-read person for having read this collection on Audible. It gave me many hours of joy and thought. My favorite of the three stories was one I did not even know about, The Mysterious Island! A great story, and outstanding performance by the narrator!

Great story!

Very impressed by audiobook! All details of story and plot discovered. Thank you a lot!