Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

出版者:Naval Inst Pr

作者:Verne, Jules

页数:416

出版时间:1993-9

价格:$ 41.75

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9780870216787

具体描述

For the past 120 years, readers of English have known only a poor imitation of Jules Verne's classic French novel Vingt Mille Lieues Sous les Mers and consequently relegated the writer to the category of a "boy's author." Since 1873 the standard English version has been Lewis Mercier's mangled "translation," a work that's filled with errors, mistranslations, and bogus additions, and missing nearly a quarter of Verne's original text.

Now, thanks to the life-long efforts of two Verne scholars, the English-speaking world at last has access to a definitive translation, the only English version based solely on the level of literary artist and scientific visionary, a category he has always enjoyed in Europe and Russia.

Mercier's act of literary vandalism went unnoticed until 1965, when New York University English professor Walter Miller discovered the missing text and began the restoration of the Verne masterpiece. After nearly thirty years of work, including rigorous examinations of his translation by experts in marine technology and biology, Miller teamed that Frederick Paul Walter in 1992 to create this landmark scientific and literary achievement.

Restored to the volume along with the original woodcut illustrations are the entertaining and often prescient drams of Captain Nemo, widely considered the prototypical science-fiction character. In this novel alone Verne has anticipated submarine diving planes, scuba gear, underwater laboratories, and marine ecological disasters. He also inspired large-scale underwater mining and farming of flora and fauna, and electricity from thermoclines, all currently in development.

Restoration of these visionary ideas and some twenty-three percent of the original text is certain to elevate Verne's standing in American scientific and literary circles.

读后感

Captain Nemo最终还是在对南极洲这个从未有人类踏足的最宽广陆地的占有欲的驱使下向自己永不跨入陆地一步的誓言低下了他高傲的头颅。 Nemo不是佛，纵然他生活在真正渺无人烟的海底世界，他依旧是个人，他遇见被鲨鱼袭击的印度人时的怀怜悯之心；他面对打扰他宁静又充满激...  

一、 有关“探险” 阿龙纳斯、康塞尔、尼德•兰，机缘巧合，来到尼摩的潜艇上，随鹦鹉螺号展开海底航行。潜艇船身坚固，利用海洋中大量的氯化钠分解出来的钠发电。他们从太平洋出发，经过珊瑚岛、印度洋、红海、进入地中海、大西洋，看到许多罕见的海生动植物和水中的...  

人类在进化发展道路上不断前行的同时，生存领域也在不断地扩大，从依水而生到散居各地，人类在孜孜不倦的探寻这个世界的各个角落，在《海底两万里》成书的1869年，人类对于生命起源之处——海洋依旧无能为力，但是人类那永不停歇的探险精神与求知欲却早已经带我们去到海洋深处...  

突然发现我看的是译林的版本...之前都没发觉...先汗一个... 印象很深的是尼摩船长面对大海的眼神，当然很多是自己加上去的想象，就像荒野中一人，面对灰暗的惊涛骇浪，岿然不动，带这冷漠的眼神和冷漠的脸色。再有就是他最后在攻击的时候，那番话，那种激动，让我觉得有一种压...  

突然发现我看的是译林的版本...之前都没发觉...先汗一个... 印象很深的是尼摩船长面对大海的眼神，当然很多是自己加上去的想象，就像荒野中一人，面对灰暗的惊涛骇浪，岿然不动，带这冷漠的眼神和冷漠的脸色。再有就是他最后在攻击的时候，那番话，那种激动，让我觉得有一种压...