A French marine biologist and his companions are taken captive aboard the Nautilus, a technologically marvelous submarine commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo, and journey through the world's oceans.
Books mentioned in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1)
Iliad by Homer: “He related his fishing, and his combats, with natural poetry of expression; his recital took the form of an epic poem, and I seemed to be listening to a Canadian Homer singing the Iliad of the regions of the North.”
Books that mention Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (5)
The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne: “They escaped, and a book has appeared under the title of 'Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,' which contains your history."”
Life: A User's Manual by Georges Perec: “connect them magnificently to The Children of Captain Grant and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea”
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr: “She reads the first half of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea so many times, she practically memorizes it.”
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver: “Around the World in Eighty Days, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, books in English that didn't stink of mold”
Whistler by Ann Patchett: “"I only ask to live another hundred years so that your memory will remain with me that much longer" (epigraph)”