Fan Casting20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Story added by lucabuccella on January 12, 2021
During the year 1866, ships of various nationalities sight a mysterious sea monster, which, it is later suggested, might be a gigantic narwhal. The U.S. government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and the story's narrator, is in town at the time and receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition; he accepts. Canadian whaler and master harpooner Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful manservant Conseil are also among the participants.
The expedition leaves Manhattan's 34th Street Pier aboard the United States Navy frigate Abraham Lincoln, then...read more
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