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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

By: Jules Verne, Tony Lee
Narrated by: Adrian Lester, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonca, Terry Molloy, Montserrat Roig
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This Audible Original drama voyages across the seas on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in pursuit of a mysterious monster that has been terrifying unsuspecting ships, in an expedition to hunt this creature down before more people are injured or killed.

Amongst the crew are Professor Pierre Aronnax, who wants to be the first person to identify the creature, believing it to be nothing more than an oversized Narwhal. He’s joined by Ned Land, a Canadian harpoonist, believed to be the best in the world. Brought onto the USS Abraham Lincoln to kill the creature, Ned has a secret - his love was on a previous ship attacked by the monster (as was he) and died deep in the bowels of the ship, and he wants revenge.

Also on board is Constance Boyd, an agent for the fledgling and secret Office of US Naval Intelligence.

After a long search the ship finally encounters the beast, but during the attack our three crew members are thrown into the water. As they cling on for life to their surprise they discover the monster to be an advanced technologic masterpiece, the Nautilus, a submarine unknown to man, commanded by Captain Nemo, played by Adrian Lester OBE (The Day After Tomorrow, Primary Colours, Hustle).

An enigma, a man without a nation, who’s declared war on mankind by attacking ships that cross his path, our story truly begins when we meet Nemo and discover he’s not the monster that he’s made out to be.

Cast, in alphabetical order; Gary Andrews, Michael Brandon, Sean Connolly, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Abigail Fox, Joseph Fox, Adrian Lester, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonca, Terry Molloy, Ben Perkins, Montserrat Roig, Andrew James Spooner.

Directed by Barnaby Eaton-Jones.

Public Domain (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
Classics Kids Audible Originals Sailing
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What a great tale! First time reading Jules Verne anything, did not disappoint. Great for all audiences. An absolutely fantastic production. Well done, well done. I felt like I was on the Nautilus with them.

First timer - it's a classic!

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It was the best audible experience I had so far. Great story telling, performance, voices, sounds and great music! Very captivating and amazing to listen to. The story had been modified slightly which I loved but it took me a while to realise that Jules Verne was not quite as progressive to include two strong engineer women in the plot line and it had been modified by audible. Although, it is not 100% align with the original book, I loved this story a lot better!

Amazing performance, story slightly modified though

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I highly enjoyable book that is handled like a film for the ears with great care taken for every aspect of how it sounds which is endlessly fun. Fabulous.

Entertaining.

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This take on 20000 leagues was fast moving and entertaining. Some if the accents where, we'll, meerr. But a good listen never the less.

Great narrative

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incredible voice cast, was completely transported 20,000 away while listening to this wonderfully immersive audiobook.

20,000 leagues away

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