twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne

In 2016 Digireads published an edition of Walter's I believe this is a print-on-demandīook so there may be a delay in delivery. Translation (see below) is also available printed with a period font with Published a nicely illustrated version of Frederick Paul Walter's translation inīonner's translation is published by Grosset & Dunlap as a juvenileĮdition, but it is a complete translation. In 2013, the State University of New York Press The 2nd edition is evenĬlassic edition, with an afterward by Walter James Miller, is another The more recent Oxford's World's Classics edition, translated by William Butcher, has some fascinating notes about Verne's early manuscripts, and is quite inexpensive.īutcher has updated this translation and notes. The volume is well illustrated with some of the original woodcuts and includes interesting background material. I like the Naval Institute Press edition, translated by Walter James Miller and Frederick Paul Ĭlick on the links for information about purchasing them. These in-print volumes are available at. These items myself and received no incentives from the publishers.ĭistinguish between different translations and editions. Regarding the Amazon links below, please note that I am an Amazon Associate andĮarn a small commission from qualifying purchases. With patience you may find an out-of-print or used volumeĬombination search engine used by hundreds of used and rare booksellers around the world. Complete versions of the book are available but some are comparatively expensive and you probably won't find them in your local bookstore.

Many a publisher will choose it, rather than an accurate new translation, because it is much cheaper to get into print. The flawed version is in the public domain, so

The worst part of the crime is that it's difficult to rectify today. From this volume I learned that the original English translator, Mercier Lewis, cut a quarter of Verne's text, leaving the English-speaking world with a weak, flawed version of the novel, destined to be considered merely a work of juvenile fiction. I'd started reading a nicely bound classic version before stumbling onto The Annotated Jules Verne - Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Walter James Miller in a used bookstore. S eeing the 1916 silent film in the mid 90s rekindled my interest in this book.

Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by jules verne