Following Sterling’s spectacularly successful launch of its children’s classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories have been rewritten for younger audiences. Classic Starts treats the world’s beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve.Jules Vernes classic science fiction fantasy carries its heroProfessor Aronnax of the Museum of Parison a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the oceans depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.

Abridged version.