Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

Jules Verne

Google Play Public Domain · AI-narrated by Alistair (from Google)

592 reviews

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15 hr 31 min

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A seminal tale of science fiction, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is one of Jules Verne’s most famous novels. It’s more than just a stirring adventure tale—it’s also one of Verne’s most scientifically-accurate and prescient works, predicting amazing advances in electricity, undersea travel, and technology.

In it we follow Professor Aronnax, a French marine biologist, as he and his companions, Conseil and Ned Land, become prisoners (guests?) aboard the Nautilus, captained by the mysterious and tortured Captain Nemo. Their adventures, including encounters with island-locked natives, battles with giant sea squids, and undersea shark hunting, have become iconic parts of modern culture.

This translation was produced and dedicated to the public domain in 1991 by F. P. Walter, making it an extremely rare treasure: a high-quality modern translation free from any intellectual monopoly restrictions.

This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.

A seminal tale of science fiction, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is one of Jules Verne’s most famous novels. It’s more than just a stirring adventure tale—it’s also one of Verne’s most scientifically-accurate and prescient works, predicting amazing advances in electricity, undersea trave...

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592 reviews

Brandi

September 8, 2021

Obviously a great story but person reading it was speaking way too fast. It's like he was in a competition to get it over with as fast as possible. Made it impossible to enjoy. I had to give up soon into chapter one. If this is representative of other audiobooks they are definitely not worth buying. I was excited in the idea of audiobooks and Jules Verne seemed like a great first choice but I found the performance to be very disappointing.

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Wynne Linden

November 8, 2021

Several reviewers complain about the voice. It's an artificial voice, or AI. It needs more emotion in the voice but at least it pauses at commas and periods. It is possible to tweak the voice speed - which is absolutely necessary. I started at 85% and moved to 90%. I may go back to 85%. I think the problem with the speed - is more from the lack of emotion in the voice. The audio book reader has tweaks to slow the voice. It also has a choice to use a more human voice but I haven't figured out if I am using it.

Decline ToState

March 11, 2025

20k Leagues Under the Sea was quite interesting, but long-winded at times, describing minutiae detail that didn't actually pertain to the story; if these details were accurate, they would have merit, but much information is pretty outdated. It's definitely a forward-thinking piece of literature for its time!

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