Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Information about the author Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre. His novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days. David Coward is emeritus professor of French at the University of Leeds. He has translated numerous French classics, including Molière's plays, Simenon's novels, and Albert Cohen's Belle du Seigneur, for which he was awarded the Scott-Moncrieff prize in 1996. Coralie Bickford-Smith is an award-winning designer at Penguin Books (U.K.), where she has created several highly acclaimed series designs. She studied typography at Reading University and lives in London. Blurb: A new edition of the classic sci-fi novel, translated by David Coward.