Simply Stories: Recent Episodes

Al McNicoll

Simply Stories: timeless classics, read to you a chapter at a time.

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The Nautilus breaks through the ice - but have they reached the South Pole?

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Captain Nemo's ambition reaches new heights, as he embarks on a venture to the uncharted South Pole.

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A bloody encounter with a pod of whales serves to further raise the tension between Ned Land and Captain Nemo.

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As the Nautilus passes through the centre of the Atlantic, just how deep does Captain Nemo dare to dive?

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The power source of the Nautilus is replenished in the most outlandish of settings.

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Professor Aronnax is privileged to see what none of his contemporaries has ever seen, in a mysterious underwater excursion.

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Ned Land's escape plan coincides with a scheduled stop by Captain Nemo.

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Mainland Europe passes by in a blur of motion, as Captain Nemo avoids land-based civilisation at all costs.

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Professor Aronnax discovers one more piece of the puzzle surrounding Captain Nemo's great wealth.

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A dugong is the only casualty of the Nautilus's progress from the Red Sea through to the Mediterranean.

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Captain Nemo explores the Red Sea in the Nautilus - but how will he progress without the Suez Canal?

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An inestimable treasure, a dangerous aquatic encounter, and an unexpected brush with a land-dweller - all in a day's outing under the sea!

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Professor Aronnax has a chance to see the pearl fisheries of Ceylon, but what dangers might lurk there?

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Professor Aronnax muses on what might lie behind troubling recent events, all the while surrounded by the beauty of the Indian Ocean. Note that while in the book, this is the first chapter of Part 2, we will continue numbering from 24 upwards.

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Professor Arronax recounts a tragedy on board and a burial at sea.

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Once more afloat, a mystery is concealed by the captain of the Nautilus, at the expense of his guests.

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How will the enigmatic Captain Nemo handle the imminent onslaught of the native Papuans?

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Ned, Conseil and Professor Arronax make use of the Nautilus's situation to engage in a hunt on dry land

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An incident in the passage between Australia and New Guinea gives rise to an unexpected expedition on land.

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A marine mystery is unravelled by Captain Nemo.

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The wonders of the Pacific are opened to Professor Arronax, as he observes marine flora, fauna and a shipwreck through the panels of the Nautilus.

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Both hunting and danger await, as Professor Arronax and his companions explore the submarine forest of the Island of Crespo.

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Professor Arronax and his companions gear up for a submarine hunting excursion.

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Captain Nemo proposes a hunting party - but how will that be possible underwater?

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Professor Arronax, Conseil and Ned Land come to terms with their surroundings with a sense of profound astonishment.

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Professor Arronax marvels at Captain Nemo's mastery of submarine physics, and questions the origin of the Nautilus.

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Captain Nemo unfolds the wonders of the Nautilus to an astounded Professor Arronax.

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Professor Aronnax is amazed by Captain Nemo and the contents of his collection...

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The characters awaken in prison; what will happen when Ned comes face to face with his captors?

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The narwhal is not everything it seemed: what fate awaits our trio in the eighth chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"?

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Professor Aronnax has fallen overboard: is all hope lost in this seventh chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty thousand leagues under the sea"

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Harpoons and buckshot fly in the sixth chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"

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The hunt for the narwhal is well and truly underway - but will they find it? Find out in the fifth chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"

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We meet the key character Ned Land in the fourth chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"

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The third chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"

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The second chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"

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The first chapter of Jules Verne's "Twenty-thousand leagues under the sea"