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Twenty thousand leagues under the sea was revolutionary for its time, but its so larded. He is the second most translated author in the world, behind agatha christie. First as a paris stockbroker, later as a celebrated author and yachtsman, he went on frequent voyages to britain, america, the mediterranean. Verne and hetzel were in constant conflict and the book went through multiple drafts, struggles reflected in its several working titles over the period 186569. Listen the original 20, 000 leagues under the sea audiobook by jules verne in full length for free. Free 20, 000 leagues under the sea study unit worksheets for teachers to print. So, it should come as no surprise that there are a lot of really bad translations out there. It was personally produced by walt disney through walt disney productions, directed by richard fleischer, and stars kirk douglas, james mason, paul lukas, and peter lorre.
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