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A Journey to the Center of the Earth (Illustrated): The Classic Edition with Original Illustrations
Let your imagination guide you into a wondrous inner realm and beyond in Jules Verne’s A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, unabridged and illustrated in this beautiful new edition.Fueled by his vast hunger for knowledge, Dr. Otto Lidenbrock is an eccentric Victorian explorer like no other. One day, his love for research and old manuscripts presents him with an irresistible opportunity – because hidden between the pages of an old dusty Icelandic tome, Dr. Otto and his skeptical nephew Alex discover a coded note that’s about to change their quiet life forever.
The text suggests that the center of the earth is not a fiery ball of flame, but a hidden world of wonders and prehistoric creatures. But the way to the dormant volcano's crater that leads there is treacherous, and only a narrow window of access opens up each year.
Determined not to stop until they reach their destination, Dr. Otto and his nephew Alex convince a local guide to help them travel to the center of the volcano. But as the group explore the deep caverns and all the amazing lifeforms found in the prehistoric land they discover, it’s only through pure courage and determination that they’ll be able to survive. Will they make it?
Take a Journey to the Center of the Earth with this brand new
Discover the wild beauty of prehistoric nature with 60+ original illustrations by French artist and illustrator Édouard Riou.Test your knowledge like a true explorer with a smart quiz after reading.Add a beautiful cover design to your Verne collection.Enjoy the best reading experience with a new, comfortable formatting.
Get your copy of Jules Verne’s A Journey to the Center of the Earth, the ideal gift for daring travelers and lovers of majestic subterranean phenomena, strange creatures, and lands beyond time itself.
The text suggests that the center of the earth is not a fiery ball of flame, but a hidden world of wonders and prehistoric creatures. But the way to the dormant volcano's crater that leads there is treacherous, and only a narrow window of access opens up each year.
Determined not to stop until they reach their destination, Dr. Otto and his nephew Alex convince a local guide to help them travel to the center of the volcano. But as the group explore the deep caverns and all the amazing lifeforms found in the prehistoric land they discover, it’s only through pure courage and determination that they’ll be able to survive. Will they make it?
Take a Journey to the Center of the Earth with this brand new
Discover the wild beauty of prehistoric nature with 60+ original illustrations by French artist and illustrator Édouard Riou.Test your knowledge like a true explorer with a smart quiz after reading.Add a beautiful cover design to your Verne collection.Enjoy the best reading experience with a new, comfortable formatting.
Get your copy of Jules Verne’s A Journey to the Center of the Earth, the ideal gift for daring travelers and lovers of majestic subterranean phenomena, strange creatures, and lands beyond time itself.
212 pages, Paperback
Published June 19, 2024
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About the author
Jules Verne
6,398 books12k followersNovels of French writer Jules Gabriel Verne, considered the founder of modern science fiction, include
Journey to the Center of the Earth
(1864) and
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1873).
This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
This author who pioneered the genre. People best know him for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before people invented navigable aircraft and practical submarines and devised any means of spacecraft. He ranks behind Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie as the second most translated author of all time. People made his prominent films. People often refer to Verne alongside Herbert George Wells as the "father of science fiction."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_V...
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February 5, 2025
My first Jules Verne and I was a little disappointed. I was generous to give it three stars. The Professor was so self-absorbed, never considering anyone else’s opinions. The story of their journey was interrupted by long, rambling scientific discourse - much of which went over my head. And then Axel’s imagination and daydreams that also interrupted the flow of the story. In fact, I felt there was very little to the actual story. Some other things just didn’t make sense either … after two months together Axel didn’t try to learn how to communicate with Hans. What was Hans’s take on the whole matter? Spoiler alert…
How the heck did they actually come out of the volcano?? And how did their raft not burn up on the way up the volcano shaft? And if they lost everything, how did the Professor still have his money to pay Hans? I guess I needed more of the story and less of the science. And then for the Professor to take credit for everything when Axel was actually the one who deciphered the code AND figured out the compass?!
I was also surprised by the amount of evolution in the book, especially since it was also mixed with references to God and creation.
One of my favorite parts had nothing to do with the story. In the illustrations, which were the original ones, there was a forest of mushroom type trees. The makers of Zelda could have taken inspiration from that illustration:)
How the heck did they actually come out of the volcano?? And how did their raft not burn up on the way up the volcano shaft? And if they lost everything, how did the Professor still have his money to pay Hans? I guess I needed more of the story and less of the science. And then for the Professor to take credit for everything when Axel was actually the one who deciphered the code AND figured out the compass?!
I was also surprised by the amount of evolution in the book, especially since it was also mixed with references to God and creation.
One of my favorite parts had nothing to do with the story. In the illustrations, which were the original ones, there was a forest of mushroom type trees. The makers of Zelda could have taken inspiration from that illustration:)
November 26, 2024
It just seemed to be much ado about nothing. They never even made it all the way.
April 19, 2025
eh. Not as bad as 20,000 Leagues, but still too much useless description.
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