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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

By: Jules Verne, Tony Lee
Narrated by: Adrian Lester, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonca, Terry Molloy, Montserrat Roig
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This Audible Original drama voyages across the seas on board the USS Abraham Lincoln in pursuit of a mysterious monster that has been terrifying unsuspecting ships, in an expedition to hunt this creature down before more people are injured or killed.

Amongst the crew are Professor Pierre Aronnax, who wants to be the first person to identify the creature, believing it to be nothing more than an oversized Narwhal. He’s joined by Ned Land, a Canadian harpoonist, believed to be the best in the world. Brought onto the USS Abraham Lincoln to kill the creature, Ned has a secret - his love was on a previous ship attacked by the monster (as was he) and died deep in the bowels of the ship, and he wants revenge.

Also on board is Constance Boyd, an agent for the fledgling and secret Office of US Naval Intelligence.

After a long search the ship finally encounters the beast, but during the attack our three crew members are thrown into the water. As they cling on for life to their surprise they discover the monster to be an advanced technologic masterpiece, the Nautilus, a submarine unknown to man, commanded by Captain Nemo, played by Adrian Lester OBE (The Day After Tomorrow, Primary Colours, Hustle).

An enigma, a man without a nation, who’s declared war on mankind by attacking ships that cross his path, our story truly begins when we meet Nemo and discover he’s not the monster that he’s made out to be.

Cast, in alphabetical order; Gary Andrews, Michael Brandon, Sean Connolly, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Abigail Fox, Joseph Fox, Adrian Lester, Clive Mantle, Carla Mendonca, Terry Molloy, Ben Perkins, Montserrat Roig, Andrew James Spooner.

Directed by Barnaby Eaton-Jones.

Public Domain (P)2018 Audible, Ltd
Classics Kids Audible Originals Sailing

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what an incredible audio drama! Loved every second of this. I highly recommend it!! 10 out of 10

Amazing story!

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The musical score is somewhat distracting throughout but the story ends with an interesting plot twist.

Interesting twist at the end

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One of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to.
I have read some reviews saying that this version of the story is too far removed from the original, but I don't know about that. This was my first experience with the story, and what a ride. I am blown away with the production of this. The acting, the orchestration, all the little sound effects. Just... absolutely stunning.
If you have Audible you can listen to this for free with your subscription. Seriously, check it out.

Fantastic audiobook

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Very disappointing. My fault, I didn’t read the information before buying. I really don’t like these dramatisations, they seem really amateurish to me. It’s not what I want from Audible. I just want someone to read a book to me, no frills, just the read.

Dramatisation or just read

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Really looked forward to this but ended up feeling disappointed. The story is of course excellent but the performances seemed rather disconnected somehow - Adrian Lester (Capt Nemo) and Terry Molloy (Prof Aronnax) being the best by a long way. This audiobook offers great potential for atmospheric sound effects but they were subdued. I found the music quite annoying - it sounded generic and didn't fit the action at all well. Still, it's much better than the BBC's offering.

It's OK

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I am catching up with the classic books I never read earlier in life but now have time to enjoy in my retirement. This dramatised version of the book gave the impression of being aimed at the under 11 market. Silly accents, truncated plots and too much music abound.

Personally I wish I had chosen a proper unabridged narration of the novel.

A bit childish

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Silly accents almost caused me to not continue. I'm glad i did though. A good dramatisation.

Silly accents. But good in the end

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First timer to story , listened during my night shift. Time flew by and thoroughly enjoyed a classic tale.

Truly enjoyable

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Don’t generally enjoy casted audiobooks and I have never read this one.
However it was good short story entertainment

Surprised

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A highly enjoyable listen that, despite being a condensed version of the original story, holds together very well with an easy flow to the story and easy to follow both in plot and characters.
Would listen to it again.

Highly enjoyable

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