Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Paperback)

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Journey to the Centre of the Earth (Paperback)

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Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who believes there are volcanic tubes going toward the centre of the Earth. The Professor is a man of astonishing impatience, and departs for Iceland immediately, taking his reluctant nephew with him. Axel, who, in comparison, is cowardly and anti-adventurous, repeatedly tries to reason with him, explaining his fears of descending into a volcano and putting forward various scientific theories as to why the journey is impossible, but Lidenbrock repeatedly keeps himself blinded against Axel's point of view. After a rapid journey via L beck and Copenhagen, they arrive in Reykjav k, where the two procure the services of Hans Bjelke as their guide, and travel overland to the base of the volcano. Lindenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans descend into the Icelandic volcano Sn fellsj kull, encountering much adversity, many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, before eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy, at the Stromboli volcano. One of Jules Verne's best and most read novels, which has been adapted into numerous films and comic books.
Jules Verne (1828 -1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction. Verne was born to bourgeois parents in the seaport of Nantes, where he was trained to follow in his father's footsteps as a lawyer, but quit the profession early in life to write for magazines and the stage. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages Extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Michael Strogoff: The Courier of The Czar and Around the World in Eighty Days. Verne is generally considered a major literary author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism.
Product Details ISBN: 9781517218591
ISBN-10: 1517218594
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: September 5th, 2015
Pages: 192
Language: English