| Description |
vi, 300 pages ; 18 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300). |
| Summary |
Novel by Jules Verne, published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre. It is the second book in his popular science-fiction series Voyages extraordinaires (1863-1910). Otto Lidenbrock, an impetuous German professor of geology, discovers an encoded manuscript in which a 16th-century explorer claims to have found a passageway to the center of the Earth. Otto impulsively prepares a subterranean expedition, enlisting his young nephew Axel and a stoic Icelandic guide, Hans Bjelke. After descending into an extinct volcano in Iceland, the men spend several months in a underground world of luminous rocks, antediluvian forests, and fantastic sea creatures until they ride a volcanic eruption out of Stromboli Island, off the coast of Italy. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR UG 9.9 17.0 535. |
| Subject |
Science fiction.
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Earth (Planet) -- Core -- Fiction.
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| Added Title |
Voyage au centre de la terre. English
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| ISBN |
9780451528964 |
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0451528964 paperback alkaline paper |
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