Journey to the Center of the Earth
48 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is Jules Verne's entry in the subterranean adventure genre, a classic of 19th century science fiction. Originally published in 1864 as Voyage au centre de la Terre, there are two principal English translations. The most commonly reprinted translation, published by Griffith and Farran in 1871, changed the names of some of the characters, and added and deleted passages ad lib. This translation, however, is considered more accurate.
Verne looms large in the literature of the hollow earth, not only because of his fame, but because the book is so well written, and, despite some creaky science, is not a complete departure from reality, compared with Etidorpha, or even the Pellucidar books of Egdar Rice Burroughs.
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48 chapters
26 Chapter XXIII. Water Discovered 27 Chapter XXIV. Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ the Ground So Fast? 28 Chapter XXV. De Profundis 29 Chapter XXVI. The Worst Peril of All 30 Chapter XXVII. Lost in the Bowels of the Earth 31 Chapter XXVIII. The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery 32 Chapter XXIX. Thalatta! Thalatta! 33 Chapter XXX. A New Mare Internum 34 Chapter XXXI. Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery 35 Chapter XXXII. Wonders of the Deep 36 Chapter XXXIII. A Battle of Monsters 37 Chapter XXXIV. The Great Geyser 38 Chapter XXXV. An Electric Storm 39 Chapter XXXVI. Calm Philosophic Discussions 40 Chapter XXXVII. The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology 41 Chapter XXXVIII. The Professor in His Chair Again 42 Chapter XXXIX. Forest Scenery Illuminated by Eletricity 43 Chapter XL. Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth 44 Chapter XLI. The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below 45 Chapter XLII. Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness 46 Chapter XLIII. Shot Out of a Volcano at Last! 47 Chapter XLIV. Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean 48 Chapter XLV. All's Well That Ends Well
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
48 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is Jules Verne's entry in the subterranean adventure genre, a classic of 19th century science fiction. Originally published in 1864 as Voyage au centre de la Terre, there are two principal English translations. The most commonly reprinted translation, published by Griffith and Farran in 1871, changed the names of some of the characters, and added and deleted passages ad lib. This translation, however, is considered more accurate.
Verne looms large in the literature of the hollow earth, not only because of his fame, but because the book is so well written, and, despite some creaky science, is not a complete departure from reality, compared with Etidorpha, or even the Pellucidar books of Egdar Rice Burroughs.
Table of contents
48 chapters
26 Chapter XXIII. Water Discovered 27 Chapter XXIV. Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ the Ground So Fast? 28 Chapter XXV. De Profundis 29 Chapter XXVI. The Worst Peril of All 30 Chapter XXVII. Lost in the Bowels of the Earth 31 Chapter XXVIII. The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery 32 Chapter XXIX. Thalatta! Thalatta! 33 Chapter XXX. A New Mare Internum 34 Chapter XXXI. Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery 35 Chapter XXXII. Wonders of the Deep 36 Chapter XXXIII. A Battle of Monsters 37 Chapter XXXIV. The Great Geyser 38 Chapter XXXV. An Electric Storm 39 Chapter XXXVI. Calm Philosophic Discussions 40 Chapter XXXVII. The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology 41 Chapter XXXVIII. The Professor in His Chair Again 42 Chapter XXXIX. Forest Scenery Illuminated by Eletricity 43 Chapter XL. Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth 44 Chapter XLI. The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below 45 Chapter XLII. Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness 46 Chapter XLIII. Shot Out of a Volcano at Last! 47 Chapter XLIV. Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean 48 Chapter XLV. All's Well That Ends Well
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
48 chapters English Public domain
About this book
This is Jules Verne's entry in the subterranean adventure genre, a classic of 19th century science fiction. Originally published in 1864 as Voyage au centre de la Terre, there are two principal English translations. The most commonly reprinted translation, published by Griffith and Farran in 1871, changed the names of some of the characters, and added and deleted passages ad lib. This translation, however, is considered more accurate.
Verne looms large in the literature of the hollow earth, not only because of his fame, but because the book is so well written, and, despite some creaky science, is not a complete departure from reality, compared with Etidorpha, or even the Pellucidar books of Egdar Rice Burroughs.
Table of contents
48 chapters
26 Chapter XXIII. Water Discovered 27 Chapter XXIV. Well Said, Old Mole! Canst Thou Work I’ the Ground So Fast? 28 Chapter XXV. De Profundis 29 Chapter XXVI. The Worst Peril of All 30 Chapter XXVII. Lost in the Bowels of the Earth 31 Chapter XXVIII. The Rescue in the Whispering Gallery 32 Chapter XXIX. Thalatta! Thalatta! 33 Chapter XXX. A New Mare Internum 34 Chapter XXXI. Preparations for a Voyage of Discovery 35 Chapter XXXII. Wonders of the Deep 36 Chapter XXXIII. A Battle of Monsters 37 Chapter XXXIV. The Great Geyser 38 Chapter XXXV. An Electric Storm 39 Chapter XXXVI. Calm Philosophic Discussions 40 Chapter XXXVII. The Liedenbrock Museum of Geology 41 Chapter XXXVIII. The Professor in His Chair Again 42 Chapter XXXIX. Forest Scenery Illuminated by Eletricity 43 Chapter XL. Preparations for Blasting a Passage to the Centre of the Earth 44 Chapter XLI. The Great Explosion and the Rush Down Below 45 Chapter XLII. Headlong Speed Upward Through the Horrors of Darkness 46 Chapter XLIII. Shot Out of a Volcano at Last! 47 Chapter XLIV. Sunny Lands in the Blue Mediterranean 48 Chapter XLV. All's Well That Ends Well
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