A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne
As an ardent scientist, Professor Lidenbrock wanders on a rare Icelandic skin when he discovers a piece of scroll with a mysterious inscription tucked between ancient pages. And when his nephew, Axel, finally cracks the secret script code, he learns of a secret underground passage that could venture deep into the center of the earth. Despite Axel's fears, he and the obsessive Lidenbrock travel to Iceland and, together with a guide named Hans, embark on a perilous journey in which the trio will face an extraordinary new world of extinct but living species, an underground sea, and those battling giant monsters. Filled with authentic details and impressive proximity, Jules Verne worked in eighty days underwater and to reach 20,000 leagues around the world, Journey to the center of the world, a fantastic adventure that secured Verna's reputation as the main author of speculative fiction.
