You are about to enter a world of Jules Verne's classic science fiction undersea adventure. Join Professor Aronnax on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves where he encounters something extraordinary: the mysterious Captain Nemo and his futuristic submarine, a vessel that Verne imagined but had not yet been invented. It's a suspenseful journey of danger and discovery. Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, with "Classic Starts[trademark]" young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories from an early age.
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An Insult To The Classic
19 Jun 2011
By J. B. Perkison
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Format:Hardcover
Jules Verne must have rolled in his grave when this butcher-job of a book was published. When I was a kid, I loved Jules Verne novels and read them in their entirety and unabridged, so I was very excited about reading this abridged version to my five year old, who loves sea creatures, ships, and adventures. Man, was I disappointed! This is not an abridgement so much as a molestation of the text. The sentences are so choppy and the pacing is so utterly destroyed, that you will feel more like you are reading a grocery list. And, as if that wasn't enough, the butchers who had the gall to publish this book so watered down (no pun intended!) the content and themes as to make the story almost totally unrecognizable. The encounter with the giant squid? Hacked down to one poorly written paragraph, mentioned almost in passing. The battles with the warships? Gone. The maelstrom at the end? A "storm" in which Arronax, Conseil, and Ned almost casually walked out of the ship and rowed away on a boat!
Remembering even a little of this atrocity now makes me cringe, and I only finished it out of a kind of morbid curiosity. That, and the fact that it really will put you to sleep at night!
And, please, don't get me wrong - I'm all for abridging texts for younger readers. I was introduced to Moby Dick and many other classics in this way and the good ones made me thirst to read the "real" versions when I was older. This version, however, is so horrible that it may put your kid off of the English language all together. So, next time you want to read 20,000 leagues, do yourself a favor and let the "Classic Start" RIP and read the original. And if you don't think your kid can handle the battles and the political commentary and the themes of loss and and revenge, then just go to the grocery store and browse the seafood isle. It'll be more entertaining.
Remembering even a little of this atrocity now makes me cringe, and I only finished it out of a kind of morbid curiosity. That, and the fact that it really will put you to sleep at night!
And, please, don't get me wrong - I'm all for abridging texts for younger readers. I was introduced to Moby Dick and many other classics in this way and the good ones made me thirst to read the "real" versions when I was older. This version, however, is so horrible that it may put your kid off of the English language all together. So, next time you want to read 20,000 leagues, do yourself a favor and let the "Classic Start" RIP and read the original. And if you don't think your kid can handle the battles and the political commentary and the themes of loss and and revenge, then just go to the grocery store and browse the seafood isle. It'll be more entertaining.
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30 Jan 2011
By Holly
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
My son will be 4 in a week and we recently finished this book. I have quite a few classic starts, but so far this is the only one we have finished. Gulliver's Travels was a bit boring and Arabian Nights opens with a story about a man who wants to marry a woman just to kill her...with this book, I could read it and not worry about the appropriateness of the material. There was only a couple scenes that I felt a mild cringe over but if you read ahead, you could easily skip over them and not cause a problem for story continuity. One of those is the part about a man who is diving for pearls and nearly gets eaten by a shark, but Capt Nemo attacks the shark with a knife (it's a bit of a bloody scene and for my kid who love all things ocean...shark killing doesn't go over well with him). The second is when they see whales and see some terrible creature following them and basically slaughter them (the creatures...not the whales)...also a bit bloody. Anyway, the rest was great. Lots of adventure and surprisingly very environmentally sensitive in most parts and also lots of moral overtones (giving wealth to the poor, etc)
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book. grandkids like the stories.
17 Feb 2013
By Steven
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Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
These book and great for anyone wanting to be introduced to the classics. The book are hardcovered and well illustrated. Our family enjoys all the books.
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