Part One
A Shifting Reef
Two Sides of an Argument
I Make My Decision
Ned Land
The Great Adventure
Full Steam Ahead
An Unknown Species of Whale
Our New Quarters
Ned Land Attacks
The Man of the Seas
The Nautilus
The Soul of the Nautilus
Captain Nemo Explains
The Black River
A Note of Invitation
On the Bottom of the Sea
A Submarine Forest
Four Thousand Leagues under the Pacific
The Island of Vanikoro
Torres Straits
Arcadian Days on Land
Captain Nemo's Thunderbolt
Confinement
The Realm of Coral
Part Two
The Indian Ocean
The Island of Ceylon
A Pearl of Great Price
The Red Sea
Under the Isthmus
The Grecian Archipelago
The Mediterranean in Forty-eight Hours
Vigo Bay
The Lost Continent
Submarine Coal Mines
The Sargasso Sea
Cachalots and Whales
The Great Ice Barrier
The South Pole
An Overturned Mountain
A Living Tomb
From Cape Horn to the Amazon
The Poulps
The Gulf Stream
We Visit a Tomb
Human Sacrifice
Captain Nemo's Last Words
Conclusion

The "man who invented the future," Verne created the prototype for modern science fiction. His prophetic 1870 adventure novel, featuring a bizarre underwater craft commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, predated the submarine.

"The reason Verne is still read by millions today is simply that he was one of the best storytellers who ever lived." ? Arthur C. Clarke. Jules Verne started out composing librettos, but the French-born author's passion for travel and exploration compelled him to turn to adventure tales, creating the prototype for today's science fiction. One of the most translated authors in the world, Jules Verne is best known for his classics, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days.