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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Puffin Classics) - Jules Verne

Ewweee....

 

"A few steps off, a monstrous sea-spider, about thirty-eight inches high, was watching me with squinting eyes, ready to spring upon me. Though my diver's dress was thick enough to defend me from the bite of this animal, I could not help shuddering with horror."

 

Verne, Jules (2012-04-26). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Illustrated) (p. 123). Corundum Classics. Kindle Edition.