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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne (1870) (Completed) by JulesVerne
JulesVerne
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In 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest is a giant narwhal. The US government assembles an expedition to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist (and narrator within the story) receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition. As the expedition travels south around Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, the crew finds the monster after a long search and then attack it, but the ship is damaged with the three main protagonists thrown into the water. They are quickly captured and then meet the enigmatic Captain Nemo. ~ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne and was originally published in 1870. The novel was originally serialized between March 1869 and June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's periodical, the Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation. An illustrated edition, published by Hetzel in November 1871, included 111 illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Édouard Riou. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is regarded as one of the premiere adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Cover done by @sinadan
WANTED MOMMY by JeianneYveHalili
JeianneYveHalili
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Never naman silang nagsundo sa kahit na maliit o malaking bagay palagi nilang pinag-aawayan. Wala naman nagpapatalo sa kanilang dalawa kahit minsan wala ng sense mga pinagtatalunan nila. Kadalasan mas lumalala pa ang away sa tuwing binabalikan ang nakaraan. Si Earth? sobrang maarte at maselan pagdating sa dumi o kalat. Pagdating naman sa babae, sobrang suplado at mainit ang ulo. Sobrang perfectionist pagdating sa mga bagay-bagay. Masyadong masungit na daig pa ang isang menopause. Lalaking may magandang mukha pero tumaob naman pagdating sa ugali. Tanging mata lang naman ang nagdadala dahil sa pagiging kulay asul ng mga ito. Si Gail? Masyado kasing mapang-asar kaya palagi silang nagtatalo ni Earth. Minsan iiyak, minsan naman tatawa na parang wala ng bukas. Ayaw na ayaw sa ugali ni Earth pero sarili n'yang ugali ay hindi man lang tignan. Masyadong malamig ang mga mata n'ya at hindi mo tuloy malaman kung ano ang iniisip o nararamdaman. Hindi mo mawari kung may nais bang gawin o sabihin. Masyadong misteryosa. Ang haba na pala ng sinasabi ko, Nagtataka ba kayo kung sino ako? Ako si Kupida. Ang taong magpapalapit sa landas ni Earth at Gail. Mapagtagumpayan ko kaya? Simple lang naman ang gusto ko eh. Bukod sa magkatuluyan sila ay balak ko din pasingawin ang baho ng basurang hindi pa sumisingaw. Teka, sandali! Pa'no ko nga pala mapapasingaw ang baho ng isang basura, kung ito pala ang magiging hadlang at sagabal sa love story nila? Oh my God! Paano na 'to?