

The book was widely acclaimed on its release and remains so it is regarded as one of the premier adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth.

A deluxe octavo edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas ( French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne.
