本书是法国作家、“科幻小说之父”凡尔纳著名的科幻三部曲的第二部。小说叙述了法国生物学家阿伦纳斯奇妙的环球海底旅行，展示了一幅幅变化无穷的海底景观。整部小说读来趣味盎然，扣人心弦，令人回味无穷，是一部可读性很强的科幻小说。

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers) 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 his passenger Professor Pierre Aronnax. The first illustrated edition (not the original edition which had no illustrations) was published by Hetzel and contains a number of illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou.

PART ONE

　CHAPTER I A SHIFTING REEF

　CHAPTER II PRO AND CON

　CHAPTER III I FORM MY RESOLUTION

　CHAPTER IV NED LAND

　CHAPTER V AT A VENTURE

　CHAPTER VI AT FULL STEAM

　CHAPTER VII AN UNKNOWN SPECIES OF WHALE

　CHAPTER VIII MOBILIS IN MOBILI

　CHAPTER IX NED LAND'S TEMPERS

　CHAPTER X THE MAN OF THE SEAS

　CHAPTER XI ALL BY ELECTRICITY

　CHAPTER XII SOME FIGURES

　CHAPTER XIII THE BLACK RIVER

　CHAPTER XIV A NOTE OF INVITATION

　CHAPTER XV A WALK ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

　CHAPTER XVI A SUBMARINE FOREST

　CHAPTER XVII FOUR THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE PACIFIC

　CHAPTER XVIII VANIKORO

　CHAPTER XIX TORRES STRAITS

　CHAPTER XX A FEW DAYS ON LAND

　CHAPTER XXI CAPTAIN NEMO'S THUNDERBOLT

　CHAPTER XXII "AEGRI SOMNIA"

　CHAPTER XXIII THE CORAL KINGDOM

PART TWO

　CHAPTER I THE INDIAN OCEAN

　CHAPTER II A NOVEL PROPOSAL OF CAPT NEMO'S

　CHAPTER Ill A PEARL OF TEN MILLIONS

　CHAPTER IV　THE RED SEA

　CHAPTER V THE ARABIAN TUNNEL

　CHAPTER VI　TItE GRECIAN ARCHIPELAGO

　CHAPTER VII THE MEDITERRANEAN IN　FORTY-EIGHT HOURS

　CHAPTER VIII VIGO BAY

　CHAPTER IX　A VANISHED CONTINENT ATLANTIS

　CHAPTER X　THE SUBMARINE COAL-MINES

　CHAVrER XI THE SARGASSO SEA

　CHAPTER XII CACHALOTS AND WHALES

　CHAPTER XIH "THE ICEBERG

　CHAPTER XIV　THE SOUTH POLE

　CHAPTER XV ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT?

　CHAPTER XVI WANT OF AIR

　CHAPTER XVII FROM CAPE HORN TO THE AMAZON

　CHAPTER XVIII THE POULPS

　CHAPTER XIX THE GULF STREAM

　CHAPTER XX　FROM LATrrUDE 47°24' TO LONGITUDE 17°28'

　CHAPTER XXI A HECATOMB

　CHAPTER XXII THE LAST.WORDS OF CAPTAIN NEMO

　CHAPTER XXIII　CONCLUSION