Jules Verne's 19th-century action classic has the added appeal of a psychological quest, in which the journey is as significant as the destination.
A trio of explorers undertakes a dangerous, exciting trek that carries them through geologic time to encounter a living past and the secrets to the origins of humanity.
Take a journey into the future of science and imagination, as seen through the eyes of Jules Verne.
Journey to the Center of the Earth: A Caver's Odyssey
While looking through the book, Lidenbrock and his nephew Axel find a coded note written in runic script along with the name of a 16th-century Icelandic alchemist, Arne Saknussemm. (This was a first indication of Verne's love for ...
As David Brin notes in his Introduction, though Verne never knew the term “science fiction,” Journey to the Centre of the Earth is “inarguably one of the wellsprings from which it all began.”
This ebook edition contains the classic Ward Lock & Co. translation of 1877, one of the first English-language versions faithful to the original French.