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FRENCH NATURALIST DR ARONNAX EMBARKS ON AN EXPEDITION TO HUNT DOWN A SEA MONSTER, ONLY TO DISCOVER INSTEAD THE NAUTILUS, A SELF-CONTAINED WORLD BUILT BY ITS ENIGMATIC CAPTAIN. TOGETHER NEMO AND ARONNAX EXPLORE THE UNDERWATER MARVELS, UNDERGO A TRANSCENDENT EXPERIENCE AMONGST THE RUINS OF ATLANTIS, AND PLANT A BLACK FLAG AT THE SOUTH POLE. BUT NEMO'S MISSION IS ONE OF REVENGE - AND HIS METHODS COLDLY EFFICIENT. VERNE'S CLASSIC WORK HAS LEFT A PROFOUND MARK ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. ITS THEMES ARE UNIVERSAL, IS STYLE HUMOROUS AND GRANDIOSE, ITS CONSTRUCTION MASTERLY.