20,000 Leagues under the Sea

Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a good beach read. Jules Verne was ecstatic on March 10, 1868. Verne's best-known work is undoubtedly Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It has held up incredibly well as a classic since it is both escapist delight and still has literary and scientific relevance. Jules Verne, a French author, wrote the classic science fiction adventure book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A World Tour Underwater. The first edition of the book was serialised in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's twice-weekly publication, the Magasin d'éducation et de leisure, from March 1869 to June 1870.