世界少年文学经典文库:海底两万里(Famous children's Literature:Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea )

This book tells the story of the French naturalist Arronax who is invited aboard a destroyer Lincoln and engaged in hunting down the ""monster"" in the sea that has long been known as a narwhal but finally is unfortunately captured by the ""monster"". However, the so-called ""monster"" is not a narwhal, but a submarine unknown at that time. This submarine captain Nemo invites Professor Arronax to do a seabed travel. From the Pacific, they pass through Coral Island, Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and go into the Atlantic. Along the way, they not only enjoy the changing landscapes and sea creatures, but also experience the stranding, the siege of Aboriginal people, the struggle with the shark, the road closure by the iceberg, the octopus attacks and many other dangers. Finally, when the submarine arrives at the coast of Norway, the three leave without saying goodbye and make the submarine secret they know to the world. 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the sea'is one of his famous trilogy, the most representative of his colorful imagination and careful wording characteristics. The design of submarine'Nautilus'and wonderful description to the Underwater World, not only attracted the little readers, but also enlightened engineers on practical submarine manufacturing. In this sense, Verne is worthy of scientific age prophet. Verne's works often revealed a progress tendency to struggle against imperialism, colonialism and slavery, but limited by the times, there are also some one-sided description to the natives and wrong understanding to the environment protection. Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect, he is still a great writer full of compassion and the spirit of democracy.