History? A mysterious ghost ship haunts the world's oceans, as fast elusive. Determined to solve the mystery of this strange aquatic appearance, a French scholar, Pierre Aronnax, his servant Council and a harpooner named Ned Land, take the sea. But what a surprise they provided the "monster of the deep"?
Of course, the cynics will say that such a book no longer offers a retrospective interest and after all limited because the plot revolves around a submarine and the submarine is in our time commonplace. Yes but now, I'm not a cynic, I, and Jules Verne continues to amaze me.
No matter if the science has caught up and exceeded the "Nautilus"? So what if the seabed we unveiled most of their secrets? The real charm of this novel lies elsewhere. It wishes to the prose of Jules Verne which we never boast enough quality. It keeps the rhythm of the story, the poetry of his descriptions, the charm of his characters, beginning with Captain Nemo, fascinating weary misanthrope of the human species to which he prefers the company of octopuses and sharks.
Yes, this book is a delight from start to finish. It appears here and there, two or three passages tedious anything is possible, but how much detail in terms of its immense merit! Rarely Verne magic was so powerful that in these pages ...
And as a happiness never comes alone, Richard Fleischer was able to take this story, in 1954, an absolutely superb film which combines Kirk Douglas, James Mason and Peter Lorre! Needless to say, it offers reading this masterpiece additional enjoyable ...
