Jules Verne is my favorite author, alongside Shakespeare. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea inspired me even more to uncover the magic of scuba diving. I haven't read the Count of Chanteleine; thanks for bringing it to my attention. Well, what's the difference between fiction and reality, anyway? Two sides of the same coin, a smooth transition between dimensions... I like to use the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) for rare books, but this one doesn't seem to be available on it.