{"product_id":"2940016246413","title":"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Illustrated)","description":"Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. The original edition had no illustrations; the first illustrated edition was published by Hetzel with illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGo BompaCrazy!\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Nemo's name is a subtle allusion to Homer's Odyssey, a Greek epic poem. In The Odyssey, Odysseus meets the monstrous cyclops Polyphemus during the course of his wanderings. Polyphemus asks Odysseus his name, and Odysseus replies that his name is \"Utis\" (ουτις), which translates as \"No-man\" or \"No-body\". In the Latin translation of the Odyssey, this pseudonym is rendered as \"Nemo\", which in Latin also translates as \"No-man\" or \"No-body\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe title refers to the distance traveled while under the sea and not to a depth, as 20,000 leagues is over six times the diameter of Earth. The greatest depth mentioned in the book is four leagues. In the book, a league is equivalent to four kilometres. A literal translation of the French title would end in the plural \"seas\", thus implying the \"seven seas\" through which the characters of the novel travel; however, the early English translations of the title used \"sea\", meaning the ocean in general.","brand":"BompaCrazy.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169079640304,"sku":"2940016246413","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016246413_p0.jpg?v=1763631386","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016246413","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}