The basic gist of this incredible book is underwater sea exploration with increasingly quirky and serious characters. Pierre Arronax, our protagonist, is aboard the Abraham Lincoln to investigate a massive beast, assuming it’s a narwhal, that is capsizing ships and killing many innocents. Their own ship is attacked and Arronax, along with his manservant Conseil and Canadian harpooner Ned Land, are thrown overboard and land atop the beast, which actually turns out to be a submarine called the Nautilus, under the control of the brilliant madman, Captain Nemo. They are taken prisoner but soon after, Nemo lets them roam around at their leisure as long as they return to their cells if he asks. While the 3 men become accustomed to the presence of
