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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea & The Mysterious Island
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 6 December 2018
- Run Time
- 2 hours
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Jules Verne's two novels featuring Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island), condensed down to two thrilling hours.
In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Marine scientist Professor Aronnax and his stowaway daughter Connie join whaler Ned Land aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to hunt an aggressive sea monster, believed to be a giant narwhale. When they engage the monster, they find to their astonishment it's an electrically-powered submarine, the Nautilus, technologically far superior to any vessel known. They are rescued by the ship's enigmatic captain, Nemo...
In The Mysterious Island, military engineer Cyrus Smith, his freed slave Neb, and reporter Grace Spilett - flee the besieged city of Richmond in a balloon. Their vessel is caught in a vast storm and blown thousands of miles until it crashes on a remote Pacific island. But they soon realise that they are not alone on the island...
Cast of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Captain Nemo - Sagar Arya
Professor Pierre Aronnax - Neil McCaul
Miss Connie Aronnax - Madeline Hatt
Ned Land - David Seddon
Captain Farragut - Philip Bretherton
Cast of The Mysterious Island
Cyrus Harding - Nathan Osgood
Grace Spilett - Kerry Gooderson
Neb - Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Tom Ayrton - Rupert Holliday Evans
Captain Nemo - Sagar Arya
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Details
- Author
- Jules Verne
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Release Date
- 6 December 2018
- ISBN
- 9781787533325
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Adventure / action fiction, Radio / podcasts
Synopsis
Jules Verne's two novels featuring Captain Nemo (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island), condensed down to two thrilling hours. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Marine scientist Professor Aronnax and his stowaway daughter Connie join whaler Ned Land aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to hunt an aggressive sea monster, believed to be a giant narwhale. When they engage the monster, they find to their astonishment it's an electrically-powered submarine, the Nautilus, technologically far superior to any vessel known. They are rescued by the ship's enigmatic captain, Nemo...In The Mysterious Island, military engineer Cyrus Smith, his freed slave Neb, and reporter Grace Spilett - flee the besieged city of Richmond in a balloon. Their vessel is caught in a vast storm and blown thousands of miles until it crashes on a remote Pacific island. But they soon realise that they are not alone on the island...Cast of 20,000 Leagues Under the SeaCaptain Nemo - Sagar AryaProfessor Pierre Aronnax - Neil McCaulMiss Connie Aronnax - Madeline HattNed Land - David SeddonCaptain Farragut - Philip BrethertonCast of The Mysterious IslandCyrus Harding - Nathan OsgoodGrace Spilett - Kerry GoodersonNeb - Tayla Kovacevic-EbongTom Ayrton - Rupert Holliday EvansCaptain Nemo - Sagar Arya
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