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Voyage of Discovery
'I Under the surface of the sea is another world-
'I a world of corai, of pearls, of the sunken wreck-
I age of long-lost ships, of strange plants, strange
f fish and monsters.
I We men of the land surfaces are still out of our
j element in this world, though we know it better
novi/ than men did in the time when Jules Verne ; wrote. And at least in part, we know it better
because of Verne.
i The first practical submarine was built after
Verne had devised it in his imagination and 'I described it in this book.
1 And what a story he invented to go along with
jj his invention of the submarine!
That strange man, Captain Nemo, with his , I hatred for land and landsmen, is an unforget-
table character. The adventures he seeks outgrowing a huge pearl, walking the sea-bottom, battling a giant shark, roaming the seven seas in calm and storm, create such memorable pictures that this is perhaps the all-time favorite among all of Verne's popular novels....
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Fülszöveg
3
Voyage of Discovery
'I Under the surface of the sea is another world-
'I a world of corai, of pearls, of the sunken wreck-
I age of long-lost ships, of strange plants, strange
f fish and monsters.
I We men of the land surfaces are still out of our
j element in this world, though we know it better
novi/ than men did in the time when Jules Verne ; wrote. And at least in part, we know it better
because of Verne.
i The first practical submarine was built after
Verne had devised it in his imagination and 'I described it in this book.
1 And what a story he invented to go along with
jj his invention of the submarine!
That strange man, Captain Nemo, with his , I hatred for land and landsmen, is an unforget-
table character. The adventures he seeks outgrowing a huge pearl, walking the sea-bottom, battling a giant shark, roaming the seven seas in calm and storm, create such memorable pictures that this is perhaps the all-time favorite among all of Verne's popular novels.
Jules Verne was born in Nantes, France,in 1828, and died in 1905, leaving the world richer by some 60 books.
Vissza