《世界经典文学名著系列 海底两万里 英文版 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea》主要讲述了法国生物学家阿罗纳克斯、其仆人康塞尔以及捕鲸手尼德·兰一起随鹦鹉螺号潜艇船长尼摩周游海底的故事。最终,他们探尽海底秘密,历尽艰辛风险,终于重返陆地。小说情节设置古怪离奇,生动形象地描绘了充满神秘色彩的海底世界,令人叹为观止。
PART ONE Chapter 1 A Runaway Reef 002 Chapter 2 The Pros and Cons 008 Chapter 3 As Master Wishes 014 Chapter 4 Ned Land 019 Chapter 5 At Random! 025 Chapter 6 At Full Steam 031 Chapter 7 A Whale of Unknown Species 039 Chapter 8 “Mobilis in Mobili” 046 Chapter 9 The Tantrums of Ned Land 053 Chapter 10 The Man of the Waters 060 Chapter 11 The Nautilus 068 Chapter 12 Everything through Electricity 075 Chapter 13 Some Figures 081 Chapter 14 The Black Current 088 Chapter 15 An Invitation in Writing 098 Chapter 16 Strolling the Plains 106 Chapter 17 An Underwater Forest 112 Chapter 18 Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific 118 Chapter 19 Vanikoro 125 Chapter 20 The Torres Strait 134 Chapter 21 Some Days Ashore 142 Chapter 22 The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo 152 Chapter 23 “Aegri Somnia” 162 Chapter 24 The Coral Realm 170 PART TWO Chapter 1 The Indian Ocean 179 Chapter 2 A New Proposition from Captain Nemo 188 Chapter 3 A Pearl Worth Ten Million 197 Chapter 4 The Red Sea 207 Chapter 5 Arabian Tunnel 218 Chapter 6 The Greek Islands 226 Chapter 7 The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours 236 Chapter 8 The Bay of Vigo 245 Chapter 9 A Lost Continent 254 Chapter 10 The Underwater Coalfields 263 Chapter 11 The Sargasso Sea 273 Chapter 12 Sperm Whales and Baleen Whales 281 Chapter 13 The Ice Bank 291 Chapter 14 The South Pole 301 Chapter 15 Accident or Incident? 312 Chapter 16 Shortage of Air 319 Chapter 17 From Cape Horn to the Amazon 328 Chapter 18 The Devilfish 337 Chapter 19 The Gulf Stream 347 Chapter 20 In Latitude 47°24′ and Longitude 17°28′ 357 Chapter 21 A Mass Execution 364 Chapter 22 The Last Words of Captain Nemo 372 Chapter 23 Conclusion 379