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Violence
Barely any
Creature attacks and some peril; a harpooner fights giant squid
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Nemo's anti-civilization philosophy and mysterious dark past provide subtle unease
What this book is about
Professor Aronnax, his assistant Conseil, and harpooner Ned Land are captured by the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard the Nautilus—an extraordinary submarine that navigates the world's oceans in secret. Verne's visionary novel takes its characters through the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and under the polar icecap in one of adventure fiction's first great world-tours. Nemo himself is one of literature's great brooding enigmas: driven, brilliant, and deeply wounded.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Some peril and creature attacks
Nemo's anti-human philosophy may trouble some readers
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